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Aminata Traoré: "Le naufrage et l'offense - Le Mali est à rendre au Maliens"
Nous publions ici un manifeste rédigé par Aminata Dramane Traoré sur la situation actuelle du Mali. Aminata Traoré s'est vu refusé le visa d'entrée sur le territoire francais récemment pour ces prises de position altermondialistes et critiques envers... |+| read article
Demba Moussa Dembélé : L’affaire Aminata Traoré : Une honte pour la France !
La France aurait interdit l’entrée sur son territoire à Madame Aminata Dramane Traoré du Mali ! Le prétexte en serait sa critique de l’intervention française dans la crise que vit son pays depuis plus d’un an. Mais une analyse des causes profondes... |+| read article
Many Camara: Le tournant énergétique dans les pays d’exploitation d’uranium - Exemple du Mali
Dans son article „Le tournant énergétique dans les pays d’exploitation d’uranium- Exemple du Mali“ Many Camara, sociologue et représentant de l´Association des Ressortissants et des Amis de la Commune de Faléa ( ARACF), analyse les... |+| read article
Silas Kpanan’Ayoung Siakor: The Real Price of Europe Going Green
In his paper “The Real Price of Europe Going Green” the Liberian social justice and community rights campaigner Silas Kpanan’Ayoung Siakor exposes the... |+| read article
Dr. El Mostafa Jamea: Local Alternatives to Desertec Initiative in North Africa
The Moroccan energy expert Dr. El Mostafa Jamea questions in his paper “Local Alternatives to Desertec Initiative in North Africa" the benefits of the large-scale... |+| read article
Kwame Opoku: What Game was James Cuno Playing in Davos?
Cultural commentator Kwame Opoku is seeing red after reading Lee Rosenbaum’s comments on James Cuno’s participation in the World Eonomic Forum, Davos, as well as Cuno’s report of his own performance at the Swiss holiday... |+| read article
Nnimmo Bassey: Between Eti Uwem and Green Capitalism (Green Democracy)
In the framework of "Paradoxes of Sustainability" the Nigerian environmental activist, Nnimmo Bassey, who is also a poet and the... |+| read article
Kwame Opoku: Declaration on the Importance and Value of the Universal Museum (DIVUM): Singular Failure of an Arrogant Imperialist Project
The Declaration on the Importance and Value of the Universal Museum (DIVUM) of 2002 in now 10 years old. The DIVUM, writes Kwame Opoku, is a very remarkable document that differs essentially from other declarations and documents that include in their title... |+| read article
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
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
Amber Murrey: The revolution and the emancipation of women - A Reflection on Sankara’s Speech, 25 Years Later
Firs published by Pambazuka.org: The life and work of Thomas Sankara can be taken as a reminder of both the power and potential for human agency to enact transformation.
I would like to situate my ideas within the geo-political context of the... |+| read article
Kwame Opoku: Do They Know Queen-Mother Idia of Benin?
A recent visit to the British Museum confirmed what we have observed in previous years: many Western visitors to the museum have no specific interest in any particular Benin object, even if they visit the Sainsbury Gallery and look at the Benin Bronzes. They... |+| read article
















