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Sociopolitical Analysis
This section features articles and analysis touching on issues of African Political Systems, Law, Development, Globalisation and Social Movements.
Uganda is ready for change by Sokari Ekine on Pambazuka
As Ugandan citizens take to the streets in protest against rising food and energy prices, Museveni’s government has once again wheeled out its Anti-Homosexual Bill in an attempt to divert attention from the real source of the problems the people face.
Whose dictator is Gaddafi? By Yash Tandon on Pambazuka
Yash Tandon explains the contradictions of ‘imperial finance capital’ in controlling neo-colonial states like Libya. While Gaddafi was being ‘accommodated’ by imperial powers, the ‘Arab Spring’ forced their hand, he says.
To put the West’s case... |+| read article
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
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
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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