The Congolese storyteller drawing on African mythology and spirituality for his comic books Ciku Kimeria By Ciku Kimeria
Growing up in Brazzaville, Kiyindou Yamakasi began making comics at a young age sharing them with his primary school friends who would act out the scenes. His…
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Forget GDP — New Zealand Is Prioritizing Gross National Well-Bein
The country’s new “well-being budget” emphasizes citizen happiness over capitalist gain. 8 Jun 2019 – We usually think of a country’s wealth or capital in terms…
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The Africa Continent Produces 75% of World’s Cocoa And Only Get’s 2% Of the $100 Billion Industry…Why?
Okay, I am no mathematical genius- far from it- but I can do my simple sums. So, if Africa produces 75% of the world’s cocoa…
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o is Erich-Maria-Remarque Peace Prize 2019 winner
Every two years since 1991, the city of Osnabrück has awarded the Peace Prize, named after the world-famous writer Erich Maria Remarque, who was born…
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1956-1960 : grabuge entre Bruxelles et Léopoldville
Les Belges ont eu maille à partir avec les Congolais, à tous les points de leur pénétration intempestive dans le vaste territoire de ce pays.…
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No Direction Home: The Journey of Frantz Fanon
Adam Shatz | Winter 2019 – I was a teenager when I first saw a picture of Frantz Fanon, on the back of my father’s hardcover…
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Us: We have met the enemies and they are us
In this review of the American film Us, the author highlights the movie’s core message that most of the times, we, human beings, are our own enemies. …
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Assange is not a journalist (If journalists are propagandists for the ruling class)
Source: BBC Ann Garisson Appeared May 15, 2019 High profile journalists have been jabbering about whether or not Julian Assange is really one of them.…
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Feud between Rwanda, Uganda strongmen takes toll
By AFP The people living on either side of the Ugandan-Rwandan border at Katuna never much considered the boundary: children crossed for school, workers moved…
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Cameroon: Moving Fast When There Are Short Windows of Opportunity
On 8 May 2019, Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, after a 3-day mission to the Cameroon, welcomed the Cameroon government’s…
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Africa’s Great Lakes Region and Nyiragongo’s curse
Dear Tingasiga; I am a child of the mountains, at once hopelessly enamoured by their beauty and intimidated by their silent, motionless and brooding majesty.…
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Haiti’s Corrupt Elite Direct Targeted Killings In Areas That Support Lavalas
In February, there were massive protests against rising prices and economic hardship. Haiti’s rulers, who enjoy US support, were terrified of the democratic rising,…
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