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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.
Article Pambazuka: Femmes du Mali : Disons «Non !» à la guerre par procuration
Femmes du Mali : Disons «Non !» à la guerre par procuration
Aminata Traoré et Nathalie M’dela-Mounier, Pambazuka, 4.12.2012, Numéro 263
Résume: De la situation dramatique du Mali, il ressort une réalité terrible qui se vérifie dans... |+| read article
Bruno Jaffré: "Drei Jahre Hoffnung" - zum 25. Todestag von Thomas Sankara
Als Präsident von Burkina Faso begann Thomas Sankara einen Idealstaat zu verwirklichen. Seine Ermordung vor 25 Jahren setzte den Utopien ein Ende. Von Bruno Jaffré. Dieser Artikel erscheint in einer leicht gekürzten Fassung in der September-Ausgabe des... |+| read article
Interview with Haile Gerima: „Freedom is not some kind of 'UNESCO milk' that can be given to someone. It is something people fight for“
Interview with Haile Gerima, conducted by Nicolai Röschert and Isabelle Scheele (both AfricAvenir), on the occasion of the AfricAvenir screening of the film “Teza” on 3. May 2011 in Berlin. "Teza" will be screened by the Namibian branch of... |+| read article
Knowledge and Power in Algeria: An Interview with Daho Djerbal on the Twentieth Anniversary of NAQD by Muriam Haleh Davis
It is still very possible to work on Algeria without ever passing through the Contrôle Passeport in Algiers. For a host of reasons—archival, bureaucratic, historical and, perhaps, psychological—Algeria remains on the margins of its own historiography.... |+| read article
Kwame Opoku: Blood Antiquities in Respectable Havens: Looted Benin Artefacts donated to American Museum
In this article Kwame Opoku takes position on the donation by Robert Owen Lehman, great-grandson of founder of Lehman Brothers of 34 looted artefats to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The people of Benin have tried for years to have their precious works of... |+| read article
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