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Break the silence: a world war is beckoning
Why do we tolerate the threat of another world war in our…
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‘Now, we have a democratically elected totalitarian government’ — Arundhati Roy
In Pakistan, apprehensions are rife about Narendra Modi’s flamboyant success. But fervent Modi supporters in the Indian middle classes prefer to place him in the…
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Norway 2050: An Image By Johan Galtung
In Oslo, 200 Years after the 17 May 1814 Independence Constitution And why did that happen? The Treaty of Kiel 14 January 1814 between…
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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 Universities. He is a British Council Global Change-maker, a…
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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 rebel leader Machar culminated in a peace accord. The…
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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), revolted to end slavery (1791-1804) without the endorsement of…
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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 rising literary talent from Africa and its diaspora. 11…
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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 the World Economic Forum on Africa 2008 in Cape…
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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) Dear Mr Nayager, Forgive me for taking your time,…
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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…
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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…
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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 order has been raised with respect to the…
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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 united system of beliefs and practices relative…
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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 African…
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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 Jacques Depelchin’s book, ‘Silences in African History’ was becoming…
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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…
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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 between Brazil and the Africa and urges…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 machine…
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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…
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Chilean activist destroys student debt papers worth $500m
By Neela Debnath An activist in Chile has burnt documents representing $500 million (£300 million) worth of student debt during a protest at Universidad del…
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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. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls…
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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 away from the eleventh war since its Independence in…