Articles
Congolese: Returning home and building a dream
By Daisy Carrington and Dianne McCarthy* Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has found itself in the middle of a construction boom […]
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Letter from Gaza by Norwegian doctor, Mads Gilbert on 20 July 2014
Dr Mads Frederick Gilbert (centre) at Al-Shifa hospital on July 17th, treating a wounded Palestinian child, after an Israeli air strike killed 4 children […]
Gender
Egalitarianism and Nonviolence: Gifts of the Khoe-San By Bernedette Muthien
Anthropologists have written for at least a hundred years of the so-called “Bushman.” I am descended of these First Nations people in Southern Africa, […]
Healing
Remenbering the 20th Century first Genocide: The Herero and Namaqua Genocide
The Herero and Namaqua Genocide is considered the first genocide of the 20th century that took place from 1904 until 1907 in Namibia known […]
Articles
Africans in Asia During Age of Enslavement: Revolts and Resistance By Runoko Rashidi
One thing that we have not done here and will not do is begin our survey of the African presence in Asia with enslavement. […]
Activism
From guns and knives to friendship
Photo: http://bit.ly/1m3q4Gr by Rosa Lia: The Palestine-Israel Journal One conversation in a coffee shop in Ramallah with a Palestinian who spent 10 years […]
Art & Peace
Rokia Traore visits Malian refugees
Rokia Traore visited Goudoubo camp, Burkina Faso. The camp hosts some 10,000 Malian refugees who fled a conflict that erupted in January 2012 between […]
Art & Peace
African Music Legends Pay Homage to Mandela
African superstars Johnny Clegg and Youssou N’Dour paid homage on Sunday to late South African icon Nelson Mandela at the 20th edition of the […]
Activism
Solidarity economies: A guerrilla war against capitalism. Part One
An interview with Nicolás Cruz Tineo by Beverly Bell and Jessica Hsu These glassblowers are also owners of a cooperative dishware factory in Buenos […]
Activism
TURNING BACK THE CLOCK by Ayana Labossiere
I will never forget my first trip to Haiti. In 1990, at five years old, I went to Haiti with my dad to visit […]
Articles
How Mental Illness Fed My Creativity by Dirye Osman
There's no romance to mental illness. Whether you're suffering from psychosis or schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or depression, the realities of mental ill-health often mean […]
Articles
After Israel, African kids start afresh in Uganda By RODNEY MUHUMUZA
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Speak no Hebrew. That’s what Ugandan teachers repeatedly tell the South Sudanese teenagers transplanted here from Israel. But Hebrew is […]
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Connecting the dot: Congo and World War II; one of the other forgotten commemorations By Raïs Neza Boneza
The first victory on Nazism and Fascism were won on African soil. Congolese troops marched to the town of Asosa, Ethiopia, Gambela and Saio […]
Essays
Edward Snowden: A Healing Voice By Jacques Depelchin
Like many people, I was surprised to hear of Edward Snowden’s decision to leave his job and move toward Hong Kong in search of […]
African Union
Africa will rewrite its own history of glory and dignity exactly in the next 50 years By Antoine Roger Lokongo
It is a privilege for me to be invited by Pambazuka News to gaze into my crystal ball and write a piece about what […]
Activism
AND I STILL RISE–RIP MAYA ANGELOU
R.I.P. legendary author, poet and activist Maya Angelou. “In addition to her well-known autobiographies, Maya Angelou has steadily written poetry over the years. In […]
Healing
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 […]
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International Days in Solidarity with the Haitian People: February 23 – March 8, 2014
10 years since the 2004 Coup … 210 years since Haiti’s Revolution Haiti Action Committee sent the following letter earlier in February 2014 Monument […]
Activism
Thank you, Haiti! Thank you, Cuba!
article & photos by Marilyn Langlois Left: Discussion group and street scene on the Paseo de Martí, Havana. Right: Discussion group at the Aristide […]
Activism
We Stand With Our Sister: Stop the Attacks on Myrlande Liberis-Pavert and the Lavalas Movement
A Statement from Haiti Action Committee On Friday, January 17, it was reported by news agencies that a Haitian judge investigating the assassination of […]