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The scientific discourse about Africa has been overwhelmingly owned by the West/North. In fact, discourse ownership has been one of the most efficient instruments of Western/Northern domination in the post-colonial era. This section sets out to contribute to the solidification of an Africa-centred discourse by identifying, collecting and structuring scientific Africa-centred online content.
An African reflection on Tahrir Square by Mahmood Mamdani
While European interpretations of the events of Egypt’s Tahrir Square see the uprising’s roots through a lens of ‘coloured’ revolutions following the decline of the Soviet Union, Mahmood Mamdani instead stresses the resemblance to South Africa’s Soweto in... |+| read article
Kwame Opoku: Nefertity in Absurdity: How often must Egyptians ask Germans for the Return the Egyptian Queen?
Museums which turn requests for restitution of stolen/looted objects into political matters, instead of dealing with the demand, writes Kwame Opoku, are not acting according the principles of the ICOM (International Council of Museums) Code of Ethics. To view... |+| read article
Prince Kum'a Ndumbe III.: L’Afrique bouge et tire la sonnette d’alarme - De la nécessité d’une solidarité entre les peuples
En ce mois de mars 2011, l’Afrique bouge, les fondements anciens sont renversés, en Tunisie, en Egypte, au Soudan, en Libye, en Côte d’Ivoire, et les grondements au sud du Sahara s’annoncent en onde de choc. Personne ne peut plus faire comme si rien ne se... |+| read article
Kwame Opoku: Zahi Hawass Bounces Back
All those who thought with his resignation, Hawass was finished and that the question of restitution will now be posed in a new changed context, must be eating their own words. The culture pharaoh, or culture tsar, as some call him, is back in business as... |+| read article
Democratic uprisings brutally suppressed in many African countries - Interview with Firoze Manji (Pambazuka)
Northern Africa is not the only part of Africa where uprisings are taking place. In countries like Swaziland, Gabon, Cameroon, Djibouti, and Burkina Faso we've seen massive student uprisings and worker demonstrations brutally suppressed in most cases.... |+| read article
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