“When the Night Comes” film critique and discussion
By Cecelia Lynch
I sent the following email to the Directors of the UN Foundation (Timothy Wirth and Elizabeth Gore) after viewing a screening of the film, “When the Night Comes.” […]
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Book Review: Virgin of Flames
Maximum City: Chris Abani’s Virgin of Flames
By David Platzer
African narratives in the west, they proliferate. I really don’t care anymore. I’m more interested in the stories we tell about ourselves…The […]
Debating Aid and the African Renaissance
Ngugi wa Thiong’o. Something Torn and New: An African Renaissance (2009). New York: Basic Civitas Books.
Reflections on Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill
By David John Frank
Last year, MP David Bahati introduced a bill before the Ugandan Parliament that would elevate and establish penalties for a wide array of homosexual offences. The […]
Tackling election violence
One of the many issues that African NGOs are tackling is election violence — bringing different sides together to prevent it as well as analyzing what happens after the fact. […]
Haitian Earthquake Relief
Here is a link to a list of several agencies that are providing earthquake relief to Haiti. If you wish to recommend an organization that is not on this […]
“Piracy” in the Gulf of Aden: Profit, Media, and Superpower Redemption?
Part I: Pirates in the Gulf of Aden: “The enemies of mankind?”
by Isaac Kamola
The impoverished Somali teenager, wearing a waterproof jumpsuit, was handcuffed and chained at the […]
“Piracy” in the Gulf of Aden: Profit, Media, and Superpower Redemption?
Part II: A Movie Coming to Your Neighborhood Soon: Pirates Of the Somali Coast and the Curse Of the Failed African State
By Tekle Woldemikael
On April 8, […]