Occasional Papers
This section lists papers commissioned by AfricAvenir or authored by AfricAvenir members and its affiliates and friends. Some of the papers listed here may have previously appeared in other AfricAvenir publications, e.g. if they were published in the framework of a specific project or book. A complete listing of all papers can be found in the |+| Download Section
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.
Deutsche Kolonialherrschaft auf der Bühne - Performanz und hate speech in Kum'a Ndumbes III. Werk
Das Dokumentarstück "Ach Kamerun! Unsere alte deutsche Kolonie..." zeigt die Erniedrigung- und Unterwerfungsprozeduren der deutschen Kolonialmacht, aber auch die Strategien des Widerstands von Seiten der Kameruner. Von Kirsten Prinz.
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The African Renaissance and the Use of African Languages in Tertiary Education
This work by Dr. Neville Alexander deals with the social, political and economic implications of the intellectualisation of indigenous African languages and suggests a long-term, large-scale and systematic strategy for effecting this core aspect of the... |+| read article
Kum'a Ndumbe III: Aturar el genocidi intelectual a les universitats africanes
Prof. Kum'a Ndumbe III's article on "Stopping intellectual genocide in African universities" has been published in Catalan in the journal "Cataluna Esperantisto", No 344, Oktobro-Decembro 2007, pp. 19-23.
The Mask: Remembering Slavery, Understanding Trauma
This essay by Grada Kilomba was presented to the Bicentenary of the Abolishment of the Atlantic Slave Trade, at the National Maritime Museum, in London. The mask, she writes, symbolizes colonialism. It represents the white sadistic politics of conquest and... |+| read article
