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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 passait, comme si rien n’était remis en question. Le…
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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. Editor-in-chief of Pambazuka News Firoze Manji talks to the Real News Network about what’s happening in Southern Africa.…
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Sénégal : Un rêve peut-il mourir? Par Amy Niang (pambazuka news)
Pour un pays qui a vécu sa version du rêve de la libération populaire à travers l’alternance politique de 2000, les soulèvements populaires tunisiens et égyptiens, algériens et libyens, titillent la nostalgie de la rue pour bien de sénégalais. Au delà- des poncifs médiatiques, qui prédisent une vague d’éboulements subversifs qui débarrasseront les pays africains,…
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“African Perspectives” Windhoek: „Les Saignantes“, 26 March 2011, 19h00
On Saturday 26 March 2011 at 19h00 AfricAvenir Windhoek presents the movie, winner of the Silver Stallion at FESPACO 2007 “Les Saignantes” by Cameroonian filmmaker Jean-Pierre Obama Bekolo at Studio 77 in Windhoek.nIn cooperation with Studio 77, Bank Windhoek Arts Festival, WhatsOnWindhoek, and the Franco-Namibian Cultural Centre. Les SaignantesBy Jean-Pierre Bekolo Obama, 2005, Cameroon/France, French…
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„Billy les Kids“ „Laissez cours à l’expression, laissez cours à la liberté les kids, mes frères“ par Papy Maurice Mbwiti
Proche d’un coup de gueule poétique ou d’un slam provocateur, cet inclassable texte est une manière pour son auteur, Papy Maurice Mbwiti, de démontrer que "les événements qui se passent en Afrique ne nous laissent pas indifférent". AfricAvenir (comme Africultures) n’est pas resté indifférent à cette bombe textuelle que nous publions sans fard ni retouche.n Glissé…
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AfricAvenir Windhoek: “Finyé – The Wind” by Souleymane Cissé
On 26 February 2011 at 19h00 AfricAvenir Windhoek in the framework of the monthly film series "African Perspectives" presents the movie “Finyé – The Wind” by Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé. A short interview with Souleymane Cissé will be screened before the film. Studio 77, Entrance 20,- N$.nIn cooperation with Studio 77, Bank Windhoek Arts Festival, WhatsOnWindhoek, and the Franco-Namibian…
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Mahmood Mamdani: The Invention of the Indigène
‘The violence in Congo may seem unintelligible but its roots lie in institutional practices introduced under colonialism, which 50 years of independence have only exacerbated,‘ writes Mahmood Mamdani. First published by |+| Pambazuka.org.nFor the institutions that claim to represent ‘the international community’ – the Western press, international NGOs and UN agencies – the armed conflict…
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African Perspectives Windhoek: Guimba by Cheikh Oumar Sissoko
In the framework of the monthly filmseries “African Perspectives”, AfricAvenir Windhoek presents the movie “Guimba – A Tyrant and His Era” by Cheick Oumar Sissoko on Saturday, 29 January 2011 at 7 p.m. A short interview with Cheick Oumar Sissoko will be screened before the film. Date: 29 January 2011Time: 19h00Venue: Studio 77, Old Breweries Complex,…
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Kwame Opoku: When will Britain Return Looted Ghanaian Artefacts? A History of British Looting of more than 100 Objects
Article by Kwame Opoku. A recent visit to London, he writes, "reminded me that apart from the British Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum many other museums in London and elsewhere in the United Kingdom are still holding onto African cultural artefacts which, to put it very mildly, were removed from the continent under…
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Interview with Professor Eunice N. Sahle: „Moving Beyond the Language of ‘Help’“
In an interview conducted by Moses März (AfricAvenir) in Berlin, Prof. Eunice N. Sahle speaks about the ‚development aid‘ regime and historical and present injustices in the global system. nMoses März: Your lecture in Berlin suggested that its approach to issues of coloniality was informed by a critical justice approach. What does this approach entail?nProfessor…