African Arguments
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African Arguments Online
Today, the Royal African Society and the Social Science Research Council jointly launch a new website and blog, African Arguments Online. Africa has long ... -
American Democracy and African Liberation
The ideals of American democracy, and the spirit of African liberation, have been intimately linked ... -
What Barack Obama means to young Africans
Around the world, America's presidential election caught the imagination of young people. Nowhere was that ... -
A Lesson in Great Expectations
Fifty years before Barack Obama’s historic election last November, a group of American intellectuals ... -
Welcome to African Arguments Online
Welcome to www.africanarguments.org! Hosted by the Royal African Society and the Social Science Research Council, we promise to make African ... -
Obama's Africa Policy: Strengths and Uncertainties
Today, January 20, 2009, Barack Obama, a man of both African and American ancestry, will become ... -
Thoughts on the Speed of Sudan’s Political Process
In the 1980s I lived for a while in Nyala in south Darfur. It is the terminus of the railway that runs all the ... -
‘Civilians’–the Politics of the Word
I am writing this review during the Israeli attacks on Gaza of December 2008/January 2009, a war in which civilians are being used as ... -
Challenges for Sudan in the CPA’s Fifth Year
Four years on from the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Nairobi, is a good moment to reflect on the spirit of the ... -
Who Knows What is in Store for Sudan?
The ICC Predicament has two faces in Sudan: one concerns the international community, the other for the Sudanese citizen. I will attempt to define, ...