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They know I know Everything – Robert Bourgi’s Tales of French Rape of Africa

Posted By: adminon: October 01, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: African capitals, African Heads of State, Blaise Compaoré, Bourgi, Burkina Faso, Congo-Brazzaville, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Emmanuel Macron, Gabon, Gaullists, Jacques Chirac, Jacques Foccart, Mali, Mobutu Sese Seko, Nicholas Sarkozy, Niger, Omar Bongo, ParisNo CommentsViews:
They know I know Everything - Robert Bourgi's Tales of French Rape of Africa

In a different review of this same book, the title is They know I know Everything. It carries two riders or what can be considered as such. The rider, properly speaking, is, “My life in the... Read more

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Scientists Demand Better Climate Research in Africa Just As Trinity College Defends New Chair on Climate Change

Posted By: adminon: October 01, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: African Coalition for Sustainable Energy and Access, African Ministerial Conference on the Environment, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Cameroon, Climate Change and Development in Africa, National Meteorological and Hydrological Services, Polluter, Professor Karen Wiltshire, Trinity College Dublin, World Meteorological OrganizationNo CommentsViews:
Scientists Demand Better Climate Research in Africa Just As Trinity College Defends New Chair on Climate Change

By Elias Ngalame  Scientists, researchers and academics are arguing the case for better research on climate change in Africa, pointing out how improved knowledge and investments in early war... Read more

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Might Ronald Reagan Be Donald Trump’s Forerunner and Model?

Posted By: adminon: September 15, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: GOP, Grenada, Larry Speakes, MAGA, Max Boot, Reaganism, TrumpismNo CommentsViews:
Might Ronald Reagan Be Donald Trump's Forerunner and Model?

Those who are able to finish reading this piece published originally in The New Yorker may no longer be surprised why Henry Kissinger once wondered why it ever occurred to anyone that a Rona... Read more

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Ngugi wa Thiong’o Spearheads Dismantling Language Empires

Posted By: adminon: August 22, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Achebe, Africa, African universities, Colonialists, Igbo, Irish nationalism, Joyce, Kenya, Toyin Falola, Yoruba, Zulu, ‘Nobel of the heart’No CommentsViews:
Ngugi wa Thiong’o Spearheads Dismantling Language Empires

Age and nasty experiences in the recent past are not slowing down Ngugi Wa Thiongo, the Kenyan writer. He is still taking the fight to Africa’s conquerors, this time revisiting his insistenc... Read more

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Let’s Abolish the Colonial IMF on Its 80th Birthday

Posted By: adminon: August 03, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Austerity, Debt, Harsh loan conditions, IMF, Neoliberalism oversold, Public sector wage bill, World BankNo CommentsViews:
Let's Abolish the Colonial IMF on Its 80th Birthday

It is just two African countries out of over 50 others  – Kenya and Nigeria – that are exploding for reasons that, in the last instance, stem from disciplinary neoliberalism supe... Read more

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Toumani Djabaté, the Maestro of Kora Music, Passes On

Posted By: adminon: July 21, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Ali Farka Toure, Bala Faséké, Balanji, Ballaké Sisoko, Epic of Sundiata, Kora, Sékou Keita and Jeli Moussa Djawara, Sona Jorbateh, Soso, Toumani Djiabaté, Traditional African music, ’Heart of the Moon’No CommentsViews:
Toumani Djabaté, the Maestro of Kora Music, Passes On

By Yusuf Bangura I was shocked to learn of the passing on July 19th, 2024 of the maestro of Kora music, the Malian Toumani Diabaté. He was only 58! There are many great kora musicians, such... Read more

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The UK election: new development priorities in Africa?

Posted By: adminon: July 16, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Africa, Cimate change, DFID, Keir Starmer, Labour Party manifestoNo CommentsViews:
The UK election: new development priorities in Africa?

What could be in the  recent UK election for Africa is a contextually legitimate question to ask as I an Scoones of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex does in t... Read more

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African Leaders and Their Imported Dilemma From Disciplinary Neoliberalism

Posted By: adminon: June 30, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Africa, Disciplinary neoliberalism, IMF reform package, Kenya, New York Times, Wild taxesNo CommentsViews:
African Leaders and Their Imported Dilemma From Disciplinary Neoliberalism

President William Ruto of Kenya must still be trying to make sense of the anger of his population against wild taxes (started since 2023). Imposed as part of the usual IMF reform package and... Read more

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An Enjoyable and Soulful Evening with Azania Noah—the talented Sierra Leonean Songstress Swiss Watch Passport Described as a ‘Muse Phenomenon’

Posted By: adminon: May 31, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: All as One Children’s Centre, Jerusalema, R & B, Shakira, Sierra Leone, Zangaléwa, ‘Sweet MbargaNo CommentsViews:
An Enjoyable and Soulful Evening with Azania Noah—the talented Sierra Leonean Songstress Swiss Watch Passport Described as a ‘Muse Phenomenon’

By Yusuf Bangura A few hours ago, Azania Noah performed almost to a full house at the Arts Centre of the Geneva International School. It was a delightful, relaxing and memorable evening of b... Read more

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Remove Cuba from Terrorism List, Nigerian Movement Demands of the US

Posted By: adminon: May 30, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Angola, Bay of Pig, Cuba, Namibia, Socialism, Terrorism, United StatesNo CommentsViews:
Remove Cuba from Terrorism List, Nigerian Movement Demands of the US

The Nigeria Movement of Solidarity With Cuba is asserting itself, insisting on its own conditionalities for the United States authorities and conveying same in its own vocabulary. Read on! N... Read more

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