Interfaith Statement for Mandela’s Birthday

July 17, 2013 0

South African faith groups in KwaZulu-Natal are circulating the following interfaith statement to commemorate former President Nelson Mandela’s birthday on July 18 and pray for peace for the nation, given […]

Commemorating International Mandela Day

July 17, 2013 0

Nelson Mandela in 2008. (South Africa The Good News / www.sagoodnews.co.za [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)Former president Nelson Mandela’s stay in hospital should make the spirit behind

In the News: “Modern” Africa

July 12, 2013 0

“How Africa’s New Urban Centers are Shifting Its Old Colonial Boundaries”
In The Atlantic, Howard W. French explores the expansion of Lagos, Nigeria, toward Accra, Ghana, all the way to […]

In the News: Combating Poverty and Hunger

July 11, 2013 0

Two articles in The Guardian this week focused on poverty and hunger in Africa and ways that African leaders should combat them. Two complementary articles push for understanding root causes […]

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