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Vordenker der Dekolonisierung: Der Kameruner Politologe Achille Mbembe vertritt in „Sortir de la grande nuit“ einen radikalen Afropolitanismus
Der folgende Artikel von Moses März wurde zuerst im Kulturteil des Freitag veröffentlicht. Er wurde maßgeblich inspiriert durch die AfricAvenir Publikation "50 Jahre afrikanischen Un-Abhängigkeiten – Eine (selbst)kritische Bilanz".nAfrikanische Intellektuelle denken über afrikanische Themen nach. So einfach ist das. Nur, was ist ein afrikanisches Thema? Der in Kamerun geborene Politologe und Historiker Achille Mbembe, aktuell…
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Rules, Lessons and Questions. An Essay by Temitayo Olofinlua
AfricAvenir herewith publishes the essay "Rules, Lessons and Questions" by Temitayo Olofinlua, for which she won the Heinrich Böll Foundation ‚Unity in Diversity‘ Essay Competition.nTemitayo Olofinlua holds a BA in Literature-in-English from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and is rounding off her Masters programme at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. She started writing as a…
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Les médias s’emparent du livre du Prince Kum’a Ndumbe III « 50 ans déjà ! »
Douala, le 19 mai 2011. A l’occasion de la sortie de son livre « 50 Ans déjà ! Quand cessera enfin votre indépendance-là ??? » le mardi 17 mai à Douala, la réaction des médias a été immédiate. Après le reportage du Journal le POPOLI du mercredi 18 mai, et un long article du Messager…
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AfricAvenir Interview with Director Camille Mouyeke (Voyage à Ouaga), 16 May 2011, Windhoek
Director Camille Mouyeke was born 1962 in Congo. He studied Cinema at the University of Paris VIII and obtained a Masters in film school in 1993. He made many short films, like “Police Violence” (1993), “The Fire Proof” (1995), and “The Mavericks” (1998), before making “Voyage a Ouaga” (2001). “Voyage a Ouaga” was his first…
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Uganda is ready for change by Sokari Ekine on Pambazuka
As Ugandan citizens take to the streets in protest against rising food and energy prices, Museveni’s government has once again wheeled out its Anti-Homosexual Bill in an attempt to divert attention from the real source of the problems the people face. Uprisings continue across the continent, with Uganda being the latest country where citizens have…
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Whose dictator is Gaddafi? By Yash Tandon on Pambazuka
Yash Tandon explains the contradictions of ‘imperial finance capital’ in controlling neo-colonial states like Libya. While Gaddafi was being ‘accommodated’ by imperial powers, the ‘Arab Spring’ forced their hand, he says. To put the West’s case bluntly and simply, it has apparently intervened in Libya to ‘protect the people’ from the ‘dictator’ Gaddafi. This begs…
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An African reflection on Tahrir Square by Mahmood Mamdani
While European interpretations of the events of Egypt’s Tahrir Square see the uprising’s roots through a lens of ‘coloured’ revolutions following the decline of the Soviet Union, Mahmood Mamdani instead stresses the resemblance to South Africa’s Soweto in 1976, a struggle ‘identified with the onset of community-based organisation’. First published by Pambazuka. The discussion on…
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Pambazuka: Justice for the people of Kenya, Special Issue edited by Zahid Rajan and Zarina Patel
This special issue of |+| Pambazuka News, published in association with AwaaZ, chronicles ‘justice’ as its main theme. This is particularly in the context of the enactment of the new constitution and by extension to seek justice for the people of Kenya. The issue covers a range of articles related to the struggle for justice…
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Open letter to the MYNSSC, MICT, NBC, One Africa: Filmmaking as a interpretation of historical events : The return of the Namibian skulls to Namibia in 2011
History is always an exercise in looking back through glasses clouded with the dirt of our present moment. Despite differences, both historians and filmmakers approach the materials of the past with one major similarity. Both possess attitudes, assumptions, and beliefs – entire value systems – that colour everything they express and underlie the interpretations by…
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Premiere & Kinostart: „Teza – Morgentau“ in Anwesenheit von Haile Gerima
Am Dienstag, 3. Mai 2011 um 20 Uhr lädt AfricAvenir in Kooperation mit Venusfilm Verleih und Listros e.V. zur Premiere und zum Kinostart von Haile Gerimas vielfach preisgekröntem Meisterwerk „Teza – Morgentau“. Gerima, der zur Premiere anwesend sein wird, setzt sich in „Teza – Morgentau“ auf beeindruckende Weise mit der jüngeren Geschichte seines Heimatlandes Äthiopien…