May | 2014 | Kimpa Vita Press & Publishers

Erosion of freedom: From Haiti to South Africa By Jacques Depelchin

Logo of Abahlali baseMjondolo movement (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Jacques Depelchin reflects on the ties that bind Haiti to South Africa and asks: "In a country where...

Hungry for a voice: The food crisis, the market, and socio-economic inequality By Jacques Depelchin

This mural in Seattle's Chinatown echoes the slogan of the World Social Forum: 'Another world is possible'. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In order to live, one...

Stereotype Vs Reality in Issue-Based Literature BY STANELY MUSHAVA

Helon Habila liest, P09 (Photo credit: lutzland) Poverty is in the orbit of controversy. A point of...

Zimbabwe: Religion and Culture in African Literature BY ELLIOT ZIWIRA

Native Converts to Christianity (Photo credit: SMU Central University Libraries) RELIGION, according to Emile Durkheim (1988) is "a...

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

African Liberation Day weekend celebration #thewright#drmfrancescresswelsling #isispapers #detroit honoring#lisatate #nkengeabi #chokwelumumba and#catherineblackwell #africa #ancestors #unity #diaspora#drwelsing # — på Charles H. Wright Museum of...

Silences in African History: Between the syndromes of discovery and abolition By Jacques Depelchin

Publishers: Mkuki Na Nyota Publishers, Dar es Salaam DISTRIBUTORS: Africa Books Collective PRICE: £20.95 or $34.95 Jacques Depelchin's book, 'Silences in African History' was becoming the...

In solidarity with Cité Soleil in Haiti By Jacques Depelchin

Sign for a Cité Soleil women's group, 2002. The sign translates, "Organization of Militant Women of Cité Soleil". (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Jacques Depelchin challenges global...

The routes and possibilities of a South – South subversive globalization: Africa and Brazil By Jacques Depelchin

Igazu falls - Brazil (Photo credit: @Doug88888) Jacques Depelchin reflects on the growing economic, political and cultural relationship...

Erasing Congo at the stroke of a pen By Jacques Depelchin

Estimate of territory held by factions in June 2003 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This has been written in response to There is no Congo, written by...

Professor Ernest Wamba-dia-Wamba: Appeal for solidarity By Jacques Depelchin

Dear Friends of Professor Ernest Wamba-dia-Wamba, I urge you to read the following appeal for solidarity for and with Professor Ernest Wamba-dia-Wamba currently residing in...

A call to reclaim history, humanity, Africa and the commons By Jacques Depelchin

The leader of the Haitian revolution, Toussaint L'Ouverture, was a former house slave. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A call to foes who plug their ears hoping not to...

DRC: What next after corruption of truth and justice? By Jacques Depelchin

Photo taken 2001 during the visit of US Rep. Frank Wolf. Original caption states: Congolese soldier adjusting automatic weapon. The weapon is a PK...

Is growing up without a mother better than poverty in Africa? By Julia Gronnevet

The kind of Nairobi slum Maria's mother says she doesn't want her daughter to experience. (Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images)OSLO, Norway — Should a four-year-old girl...

Chilean activist destroys student debt papers worth $500m

By Neela DebnathAn activist in Chile has burnt documents representing $500 million (£300 million) worth of student debt during a protest at Universidad del...

The unifying power of music: The American conductor Kent Nagano and his dream by Winfried Pogorzelski

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