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My President Was Black, (Part 5) A history of the first African American White House—and of what came next By Ta-Nehisi Coates Photograph by Ian Allen V “They Rode the Tiger” Obama’s... Read more
Gambia Heading for a Repeat of Cote D’Ivoire? The balance of forces in the crisis brewing in The Gambian appears to lead to a repeat of the same sort of scenario in Cote d’Ivoire in 200... Read more
My President Was Black, (Part 4) A history of the first African American White House—and of what came next By Ta-Nehisi Coates Photograph by Ian A... Read more
My President Was Black, (Part 3) A history of the first African American White House—and of what came next By Ta-Nehisi Coates Photograph by Ian Alle... Read more
My President Was Black, (Part 2) A history of the first African American White House—and of what came next By Ta-Nehisi Coates Photograph by Ian Allen II. He Walked on... Read more
My President Was Black (Part 1) A history of the first African American White House—and of what came next This piece in the incoming edition of The Atlantic tells multiple stor... Read more
South Sudan: Preventing a Looming Genocide Experts on World’s Newest Country Lay Out Potential Strategies By Fred Strasser Not again in Africa or anywhere at all the horrendous experience of... Read more
Crossing the Crossroads of Electing the New AU Chairperson By Vijay S. Makhan In this piece extracted from Pambazuka news online (December 15th, 2016) but originally titled “Election of the... Read more
Burundi edges closer to the abyss in 2016 By Rene Lemarchand In this short piece, extracted from The Conversation, (December 12th, 2016), Lemarchand, Professor Emeritus and leading authorit... Read more
This piece which speaks to what can be considered the most important or central issues about Africa in the emerging world order has been reproduced from Daily Maverick, (December 11th, 2016)... Read more