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 […]
Photo taken 2001 during the visit of US Rep. Frank Wolf. Original caption states: Congolese soldier adjusting automatic weapon. The weapon is a PK […]
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 […]
By Neela Debnath An activist in Chile has burnt documents representing $500 million (£300 million) worth of student debt during a protest at Universidad […]
Location of the four cities in north eastern Nigeria where the Boko Haram conflict took place. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The kidnapping of hundreds of […]
The Atlantic slave trade (Photo credit: cool-art) The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is haltingly stumbling away from the eleventh war since its Independence […]
This image was selected as a picture of the week on the Malay Wikipedia for the 44th week, 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) During August, […]
Confrontation – Jabalia Camp, Gaza Strip, Palestine (Photo credit: Robert Croma) First, not quite, but we have to start somewhere, There were the Arawaks, […]
Patrice Lumumba à l’hôtel de ville de Montréal, 29 juillet 1960 en présence du maire Sarto Fournier (Photo credit: Archives de la Ville de […]
Hommage à Aimé Césaire sur le Skatepark de Royan (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Appeared 2009-04-06 We hear a lot of people speak of a systemic […]
Cover of Dignity To all those who have lost loved ones, please accept our most sincere condolences. Our deepest sympathies to the entire Haitian […]
Nagasaki, Japan, before and after the atomic bombing of August 9, 1945. Adjusted version of File:Nagasaki 1945 – Before and after.jpg (rotation and scaling). […]
famous (Photo credit: the apostrophe) Nyatiti is an eight-stringed plucked lyre from Kenya. It is a classical instrument used by the Luo […]
Ngugi’s literary works, like "The devil crucified" and "Matigari," pointed mostly to shortcomings within the Kenyan state. Now, Germany’s University of Bayreuth is awarding […]
Arterial Network’s 4th African Creative Economy Conference, organized in partnership with the associations Racines/ Arterial Network Morocco, will take place from the 13-15 November […]
Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This internationally acclaimed film is the intense and triumphant story of how music kept alive […]
“Music has an inexplicable way of elevating humankind to its noblest action.” Youssou N´Dour, Senegalese singer “…creative ability is a quintessential part of being […]
“I’ve always been slightly short with people who say, ‘You haven’t written anything again,’ as if all the nonfiction I’ve written is not writing,” […]
at a seminar at Netanya Academic College (Israel) on Peace Journalism and media coverage of war. Johan Galtung is a pioneer of peace and […]
A message to young Congolese…. There may have been days when you felt that there was not much you can do to change the […]
English: Logo for DCPEACE, initiative of UPEACE/US (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Dear Colleague, The Human Rights Centre of the United Nations mandated University for Peace […]
The damages and suffering accrued by the Haitian people over more than two centuries of intermittent occupation, foreign interference, and dictatorship are immeasurable. The […]
Now countries from all over the world, from China, Nepal, and the Philippines, to countries in the Americas that might be considered “friends,” like […]
10 years since the 2004 Coup … 210 years since Haiti’s Revolution Haiti Action Committee sent the following letter earlier in February 2014 Monument […]
article & photos by Marilyn Langlois Left: Discussion group and street scene on the Paseo de Martí, Havana. Right: Discussion group at the Aristide […]
