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Pambazuka: How we wish you were here: a tribute to Mwalimu Nyerere

Ten years ago, on 14 October 1999, a giant died and left a cavern in our consciousness, if not in our conscience. Julius Kambarage Nyerere was a man of extraordinary achievements on a a national, continental and international scale, writes Firoze Manji, in... |+| read article

La France et ses libérateurs africains

Conférence de Charles Onana dans le cadre du projet «Le Tiers-Monde dans la 2ème Guerre Mondiale», Berlin, 16 septembre 2009 sur le rôle des soldats africains dans l'armée de "La France Libre" et dans le combat contre la fachisme. La... |+| read article

Video: Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story

In this fascinating talk, Nigerian Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice — and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding. Published by... |+| read article

Recovering Nigeria's Terracotta

It is now five months since the issue of looted African terracotta was raised in connection with the exhibition entitled “African Terra Cotta: a Millenary Heritage”, at the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneva and brought to the attention of all concerned. (1) A... |+| read article

L’importance de la 2ème Guerre Mondiale pour l’œuvre et l’engagement anticolonialiste et antiraciste de Frantz Fanon (fr/dt)

Conférence tenue par Alice Cherki dans le cadre du projet «Le Tiers-Monde dans la 2ème Guerre Mondiale», Berlin, 11 septembre 2009. +++ Vortrag von Alice Cherki im Rahmen des Projekts "Die Dritte Welt im Zweiten Weltkrieg" in Berlin, am 11.... |+| read article

Queen of Egypt's heart

Will the supreme artefact of the Pharaonic era, the magnificent bust of Queen Nefertiti, ever be allowed to visit Egypt? Jill Kamil looks at the prospects of a homecoming.

The serenely beautiful likeness of Queen Nefertiti -- whose name literally... |+| read article

Le rôle de la jeunesse dans la construction nationale : l’exemple d’Adolf Ngoso Din

Discours prononcé par le Prince Kum’a Ndumbe III, Professeur à l’Université de Yaoundé I à l’occasion du Tet’Ekombo 2009, 95è commémoration de la mort de Rudolf Douala Manga Bell et Adolf Ngosso Din & La Journée Internationale des Peuples... |+| read article

Reparations and regrets: Why is the US Senate apologising now?

By Horace Campbell. With the US Senate approving a resolution formally acknowledging the historic injustice behind slavery and the country's 'Jim Crow' laws on 18 June, Horace Campbell asks 'Why now?' Coming in the same week as a call for a new,... |+| read article

Pambazuka Feature: Multinational corporations: The new colonisers in Africa

Surveying a history of exploitation of Africa's people and resources, Lord Aikins Adusei denounces the multinational corporations continuing to plunder the continent's natural wealth. Situating today's ongoing exploitation of African resources within an... |+| read article

Response to Jonathan Jones: Should all looted art be returned?

There seems to be a concerted strategy or convergence of tactics by a group of writers who appear determined to subvert the basic principles of law, morality and decency writes Kwame Opoku. RESPONSE TO JONATHAN JONES: “SHOULD ALL LOOTED ART BE... |+| read article

Asikhulume! African languages for all

Article by Michel Lafon (INALCO-UMR 8135 Cnrs-France & IFAS-Johannesburg), on the need to align all government and state-aided schools in terms of language policy in South Africa. Such a move is a condition to the association of the use of African... |+| read article

Cameroun 1958: La guerre cachée de la France

Il y a tout juste cinquante ans, Ruben Um Nyobè, leader de l’Union des populations du Cameroun, tombait sous les balles françaises. La répression menée contre le mouvement indépendantiste fera des dizaines de milliers de victimes. Par FANNY PIGEAUD, paru dans... |+| read article

Langue, Education et Editions - L’indispensable interconnexion pour une pédagogie de la paix et du développement

Conférence par le Prince Kum'a Ndumbe III à l'occasion de la conférence "The Implications of Language for Peace and Development" (IMPLAN 2008) en l'honneur du Prof. Birgit Brock-Utne, Oslo Conference, 2-3 May 2008. |+| read article

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