In Oslo, 200 Years after the 17 May 1814 Independence Constitution And why did that…
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Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire: Stories are life and there is no life without stories, without reading…By Nyana Kakoma
Sources: Somanystories.ug Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire is a writer and law graduate of Makerere and Central European…
Tell Kirr and Marchar, the taste of the pudding is in the Eating
The much-anticipated first face-to-face talks between South Sudan’s President Kiir and his former vice president turned…
Haïti, Africa, Aristide: The history of one humanity By Jacques Depelchin
Since the time when the Africans, forced against their will to live in Saint Domingue (Haiti),…
Africa Writes Fri 11 July to Sun 13 July 2014
The Royal African Society’s third Africa Writes festival comes to the British Library showcasing the best established and…
Burundi: political violence a risk, but ‘genocide’ improbable By Benjamin Chemouni
CAPE TOWN/SOUTH AFRICA, 4JUN08 – Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi, captured during the Opening Plenary of…
South Africa: open letter to Superintendent Nayager By Jacques Depelchin
Ota Benga, at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, showing his sharpened teeth. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)…
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…
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…
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…
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)…
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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)…
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…
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…
Chilean activist destroys student debt papers worth $500m
By Neela Debnath An activist in Chile has burnt documents representing $500 million (£300 million) worth…
What is Boko Haram and whence did it arise? By Gary K. Busch
Location of the four cities in north eastern Nigeria where the Boko Haram conflict took place.…
RESOURCES, CONFLICTS AND RECONSTRUCTION: A CONGOLESE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE By Jacques Depelchin
The Atlantic slave trade (Photo credit: cool-art) The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is haltingly stumbling…
Born out of genocide; born to live off genocide By Jacques Depelchin
This image was selected as a picture of the week on the Malay Wikipedia for the…
From Africa to Haiti to Gaza: Fidelity to humanity By Jacques Depelchin
Confrontation – Jabalia Camp, Gaza Strip, Palestine (Photo credit: Robert Croma) First, not quite, but we…