Sociopolitical Analysis

This section features articles and analysis touching on issues of African Political Systems, Law, Development, Globalisation and Social Movements.

Kum'a Ndumbe III: Preserve, Promote, Protect from a Francophone / Linguistic Perspective – The AfricAvenir International Foundation in Cameroon

Paper presented by Prince Kum'a Ndumbe III at the conference "The African Diaspora Heritage Trail Conference (ADHT)", in Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 22-24, 2011.

A person whose memory has been erased cannot find the way home.... |+| read article

“Embracing Opacity” Interview with Ntone Edjabe (Chimurenga Magazine)

Ntone Edjabe is the founder and editor of Chimurenga, a literary magazine produced in Cape Town focusing on contemporary African politics and popular culture. The title Chimurenga refers to the Shona word for ‘struggle’ as well as to a popular... |+| read article

Côte d'Ivoire : la démocratie au bazooka? par Achille Mbembe

Dans les conditions actuelles où l'on est sommé de choisir une partie contre l'autre selon l'impératif de la lutte à mort, il est difficile de dire quoi que ce soit sur la crise ivoirienne, ses causes historiques, ses significations pour l'Afrique... |+| read article

Senegal on the rise by Sokari Ekine

The people of Senegal are out in protest over President Abdoulaye Wade’s efforts to manipulate the country’s constitution, writes Sokari Ekine in this week’s round-up of African uprisings. Ekine also discusses the continuing public sector strikes in Botswana... |+| read article

Vordenker der Dekolonisierung: Der Kameruner Politologe Achille Mbembe vertritt in "Sortir de la grande nuit" einen radikalen Afropolitanismus

Der folgende Artikel von Moses März wurde zuerst im Kulturteil des Freitag veröffentlicht. Er wurde maßgeblich inspiriert durch die AfricAvenir Publikation "50 Jahre afrikanischen Un-Abhängigkeiten - Eine (selbst)kritische... |+| read article