Yearly Archives: 2011
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Welcome to ‘Diaspora Debate’
Diaspora Debate is the newest blog on African Arguments Online, hosted by the Royal African Society and the Social Science Research Council. Diaspora Debate will be a forum for ... -
Angola: Demonstrations and Presidential succession (things start to get interesting…) – by Justin Pearce
Watching Angolan politics involves holding a large magnifying glass to details that in another country would not be worthy of mention. A few hundred protesters calling ... -
Review of Two Zimbabwe Novels: The Boy Next Door and The Trial of Robert Mugabe — Reviewed by James Kilgore
The Boy Next Door by Irene Sabatini, Little Brown and Company, New York, 2009, 403pp. The Trial of Robert Mugabe by Chielo Zona Eze, Okri Books, ... -
Congo elections 2011 – an account by Victoria Crawford, Africa APPG
There is one thing which unites the people of Democratic Republic of Congo today. Men and women, rich and poor, go about their daily lives with ... -
South Africa 2012 Industrial Action Likely to Affect Mining Firms, Construction Companies and Major Seaports – By Robert Besseling, Exclusive Analysis Ltd.
Industrial action has increased in multiple sectors in 2011, with industry experts estimating 30 million working days lost so far this year, up from 20 ... -
DRC Free and Fair Elections: towards a democratic consolidation? – By William Townsend, Free Fair DRC
Two days after voting was supposed to have concluded in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s first-ever consecutive presidential election, voting materials were still being delivered to ... -
Ghana’s Mining Sector: increase in taxes spark opposition from sector – By Songhai Advisory
Songhai Advisory LLP is a bespoke business intelligence consultancy providing critical insight on market opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Finance Minister Kwabena Duffuor delivered his fourth budget ... -
The Zambian declaration: It’s time for change – By Jacqueline Muna Musiitwa
As a child growing up, I recall the fervor and momentum around Zambia’s first democratic multi-party election which took place in 1991. I remember running in ... -
South Africa’s Secrecy Bill: how problematic? – By Desné Masie
South African MPs recently voted overwhelmingly in favour of the “˜Secrecy Bill’ on “˜Black Tuesday’ (November 22), despite objections from civil society, the media and foreign ... -
Biafra Revisited: civil war leader Ojukwu dies – By Richard Dowden
There was one astounding moment at Chinua Achebe’s Colloquium at Brown University in the US last year when three of the most influential men in the ...
