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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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Lumumba’s Tooth: Defeat of Plunder, Triumph of Resilience and Inevitability of Reparation

Posted By: adminon: July 09, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: African independence, Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Human remains, King Leopold, Mobutu Sese Seko, Patrice Lumumba, ReparationsNo CommentsViews:
Lumumba’s Tooth: Defeat of Plunder, Triumph of Resilience and Inevitability of Reparation

No longer an Oven hot stuff, this piece will remain timeless for quite some time for all those who want to reflect on where the rains started beating Africa. For, it is one thing to be colon... Read more

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Ahead of the Commonwealth in Rwanda, The Economist Asks If President Paul Kagame is a Good or Bad Leader

Posted By: adminon: March 28, 2021In: FlashbackTags: Donors, DRC, Ethiopia, Génocidaire, Hotel Rwanda, IMF, Laurent Kabila, Meles Zenawi, Mobutu Sese Seko, Rwanda National Congress, Rwandan Patriotic Front, SOAS, World Bank, Yoweri Museveni of UgandaNo CommentsViews:
Ahead of the Commonwealth in Rwanda, The Economist Asks If President Paul Kagame is a Good or Bad Leader

It is an old debate that has come back with the death of Tanzanian president, John Magufuli. That is the debate on which of democracy and development should come before the other. The master... Read more

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Where Obasanjo and Thabo Mbeki Got It Wrong – Prof. Nzongola-Ntalaja, (Part 2)

Posted By: adminon: June 26, 2017In: SpectacleTags: 'China in Africa', Houphouet Boigny, Idi Amin Dada, Leopold Sedar Senghor, Mobutu Sese Seko, Modibbo Keita, The Daily Nation, Thomas Sankara, Walter RodneyNo CommentsViews:
Where Obasanjo and Thabo Mbeki Got It Wrong - Prof. Nzongola-Ntalaja, (Part 2)

  *China is doing good in Africa but Africa should not allow China to violate international labour laws by using prison labour *Africa is not heading for recolonisation but dependence *... Read more

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