Yearly Archives: 2013
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Things fall apart in Tanzania: on media manipulation and hypocrisy – By Edward Clay
A Tanzanian journalist, who won an award for journalists of exceptional potential enabling him to work for British newspapers in 2009, gave evidence for the defendant ... -
Saturday Night Fever by the lake: on youth and life in Burundi – By Kris Berwouts
I don’t know much about nightlife. Not in Belgium, not in Africa. Least of all do I know about nightlife in Rumonge, Burundi. But last week ... -
The Coming of Connectivity as the coming of the Town – By Naomi Pendle
If you walk northwest for about two hours away from the county capital market in Warrap state and climb the leafless tree near the last trio ... -
Africa’s Borders: porous, unprotected and blocking trade and economic development – By Keith Somerville
Africa inherited its borders – they were not created by those who live within them, are divided by them or who cannot easily trade across them. ... -
Situation is Critical! Bringing African writing back home – By Jeremy Weate
I’ve just received my review copy of Uwem Akpan’s Say You’re One of Them. I’m not sure I can stomach it all the way through, still ... -
Kenya: Obama has a word with Raila and Uhuru, but US position on ICC is ambiguous – By Njambi Ngunjiri
The upcoming national elections in Kenya bring a sense of trepidation and foreboding due to the post-election violence witnessed following the polls in 2007. Presumably, this ... -
Africa’s rising rage: the middle classes call for revolution – By Richard Dowden
I had not intended to come back to the Africa Rising debate for a while. But on my recent trip to Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda ... -
Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration in South Sudan: feasible under current conditions? – By Jairo Munive
Following decades of civil war South Sudan achieved independence from Sudan in mid-2011 as the culmination of a long peace process. Both the Government of South ... -
Eliminating Female Genital Mutilation Globally: Recent Successes and Challenges
Female genital mutilation (FGM), sometimes called female circumcision affects 100 -140 million women and girls worldwide. Since 1992, Equality Now has been working to end all ... -
Back to Musaga: Post-war Burundi, seen from the hood – By Kris Berwouts
I was invited to visit Musaga by a woman who has lived and worked in Bujumbura for several months – in the Centre Artisanal de Musaga ...
