Posts Tagged with ‘Africa’
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Women of the Left: Djamila Bouhired
25 Feb 2013
Djamila Bouhired, the only daughter of her Tunisian mother and Algerian father's eight children, was born in the Al-Qasaba area of Algeria in 1935. An active revolutionary in the National Liberation Front she was arrested after a bombing and tortured in detention. Her trial and conviction drew international condemnation. After her …
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Children, the Congo and the new Konys
21 Nov 2012
People may remember the Kony 2012 campaign back in March and the slick video which accompanied the campaign launch produced by a charity called "Invisible Children". Despite an initial explosion all over social media and a substantial level of initial nieve support for their proported mission to bring Joseph Kony, …
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Women of the Left: Funmilayo Anikulapo-Kuti
10 Jun 2012
Funmilayo Anikulapo-Kuti, born in 1900, was the Nigerian daughter of a returned slave who lived in the Yuroba Region. Well educated with a colonial education and a Christian background, she was radicalised through the actions of the British occupation of Nigeria: its racism, sexism and economic violence. Traditionally, Yuroba society …
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The pursuit of war criminals
07 Mar 2012
I came across Kony 2012, a few hours ago, but boy did I come across it. suddenly it exploded all over my social media, with three posts on Facebook, five tweets and a thread on Reddit. I've very vaguely heard of Joseph Kony before,but suddenly his name was everywhere, associated with …
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Eritrea: War, Women and Aid
08 Feb 2012
As Scotland considers her future it is worth looking around at other nations which have pursued national liberation from an ostensibly benevolent neighbour. One of the most interesting examples of this is Eritrea, who gained nation status in 1993 after a 30 year war of independence from its neighbour Ethiopia. …
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You Ignorant (Hard-Working) African
28 Jan 2012
There is an interesting anecdote doing the rounds at the moment, written by Field Ruwe, a Zambian novelist and journalist currently based in California. It tells the story of a chance meeting on a plane between Ruwe and 'Walter', a former IMF official now working in a similar capacity for …
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The Congo and Conflict Minerals
19 Jan 2012
On December 9th, Joseph Kabila was re-elected President of the Democratic of the Congo. Overseen by international observers, this was the first ever election organised from with the DRC... and it was a whitewash. With serious electoral irregularities being minimised and ignored by the international community, the election was a …
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More on the Congo
14 Dec 2011
Tomorrow there will be a further protest in London over the re-election of Kabila in dubious circumstances. This follows on from a week of protests including 143 arrests at a similar protest on Saturday. Protests against the elections results have occurred in a number of major cities and indeed it …
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On the Congo
12 Dec 2011
Winding my way home yesterday afternoon on the bus, idly watching the world go by out of the window, I chanced on a demo of about 60 people marching over the Squinty Bridge. I couldn't hear much of the chanting but eventually a banner came into view - saying "Kabila must …