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Prince Kum'a Ndumbe III: L’indépendance, il y a cinquante ans ! L’indépendance, depuis cinquante ans ?

Conférence inaugurale du Forum de Dialogue d'AfricAvenir International e.V. par le Prince Kum'a Ndumbe III. sur les 50 ans des indépendances africaines. Kurt-Schuhmacher-Haus, Berlin, 15 avril 2010. "(...) Les indépendances des années soixante et... |+| read article

Joy Onyejiako: The ‘Kingdom of Ife’: African art at the British Museum

An exhibition of art from the Nigerian Kingdom of Ife at the British Museum isn’t only exquisitely beautiful, it is ‘something of absolute historical importance’, writes Joy Onyejiako. But given the low-key public response to the show, how much will it... |+| read article

Kwame Opoku: Ile-Ife Triumphs in the British Museum, London. Who said Nigerians were incapable of looking after their cultural artefacts?

Aricle by Kwame Opoku. It seems every generation of Westerners has to “discover” the extraordinary beauty and sophistication of African culture even though Europe and Africa have been in contact, at the latest, since 15th century when the Portuguese sailed... |+| read article

Kwame Opoku: A History of the World with 100 Looted Objects of Others: Global Intoxication?

Article by Kwame Opoku on the occasion of the the British Museum and the BBC announcement of a programme with the title: “A History of the World in 100 Objects”. A pretence, writes Kwame Opoku, to serving the whole world, a title which indicates a wider... |+| read article

Kwame Opoku: France returns looted artefacts to Nigeria: Beginning of a long process or an isolated act?

According to a report in the Nigerian Compass reproduced below, the French Government has returned to the Nigerian Government two artefacts looted during the colonial days. This is good news. We have in various articles demonstrated the illegality, the... |+| read article

Achille Mbembe: Cinquante ans de décolonisation africaine

L'historien camerounais Achille Mbembe livre ici son bilan des cinquante années de l'Afrique indépendante. Un beau texte désespéré d'où ne sort malheureusement aucune proposition concrète... Le "New Deal" qu'il évoque est en effet impraticable sur... |+| read article

Samir Amin: Repenser l’aide au développement

Article publié par |+| Pambazuka. Si, comme on le prétend, il y a dans l’aide deux « partenaires » - en principe égaux – le pays... |+| read article

Deutscher Kolonialismus: Aus Kriegsbeute wird Schenkung

Die koloniale Vergangenheit ist nicht einfach passé, sondern prägt unseren Alltag, unser Denken und unseren Blick auf die Welt bis heute. Auch sind ganz konkrete Spuren des Kolonialismus in der Stadt München zu finden. Hierzu zählt das Tangue, eine 1884... |+| read article

Afrika in der NS-Planung eines grossgermanischen Reiches

Vortrag von Prof. Kum'a Ndumbe III. im Rahmen der Veranstaltungsreihe "Afrika im Zweiten Weltkrieg" in Berlin, am 2. September 2009 in den Uferhallen. Prof. Kum'a Ndumbe III. ist Historiker und Politikwissenschaftler und lehrt zurzeit an der... |+| read article

Prof. Kum'a Ndumbe III: Changement de Cap - La chute du mur de Berlin et son impact au Cameroun

Lors d’un débat devant une salle pleine à craquer le 12 novembre 2009 au foyer des marins à Douala entre le Dr. Günther Mittler de l’Université de Heidelberg et le Prince Kum’a Ndumbe III de l’Université de Yaoundé I, le Fondateur d’AfricAvenir... |+| read article

Ending aid dependence: Asserting national autonomy - Yash Tandon interviewed by Pambazuka News

In an interview with Pambazuka News, Yash Tandon discusses the problems of 'development aid', his differences with Dambisa Moyo's arguments in 'Dead Aid', the importance of Southern countries' right to autonomy and his own book, 'Ending Aid Dependence'. |+| read article

Let us return to the source - In quest of a humanism of the 21st century

By Neville Alexander. Activist Sipho Maseko’s total commitment to the total liberation of South Africa and the continent as a whole was driven by the values of freedom, equality, solidarity and democracy, Neville Alexander writes in this week’s Pambazuka... |+| read article

In Search of an African Renaissance - An Agenda for Modernisation, Neo-Traditionalism or Africanisation?

By Ineke van Kessel, in Quest, 2001. A search for the African Renaissance, the present buzzword in South Africa, produces a wide variety of meanings. Searching the web results in several hits under Renaissance Incorporated: the African Renaissance... |+| read article

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