topic: Africa

African Literature...Says Who? The Last 50 Years with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
May 1, 2015
On 24th April, 2015, we held the second event of the Warscapes Public Lecture Series in collaboration with the Humanities Action Lab of The...
Poetry
In Memoriam: Eritrea's Tesfamariam Woldemariam
April 28, 2015
Time has come. Today, we mourn our loss as we celebrate his life and honor his legacy. With deep sadness, we say farewell to Tesfamariam...
Conversations
Rasna Warah on War Crimes and Misdemeanors
March 22, 2015
Speaking before members of the international press gathered in Mogadishu on January 29, 2015, Philippe Lazzarini, United Nations...
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Today in History: Algeria and the Évian Accords
March 19, 2015
Today marks the fifty-third anniversary of the end of the Algerian fight for independence. On March 19, 1962 the seven-year, four-month war...
Poetry
NOT A REVOLUTION
March 3, 2015
Author's Introduction: I came to Cairo shortly after the 2011 revolution, and have watched it unravelling ever since. Having been a...
Not a Revolution
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Choking off the Somali hawalas
February 20, 2015
In the global imagination, the conceptual idea of Somalia derives from the notion of the uncanny, fantastic and primitive savage. The...
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Today in History: U.S. Still Not Party to Convention on Child Rights
November 20, 2014
Today marks an important anniversary in the history of children’s rights. On November 20th, 1989 the United Nations General Assembly...
Conversations
Treating Ebola
November 10, 2014
The only headstone in the group burial site just outside the Ebola treatment center in Guéckédou, Guinea, honors the grave of a Guinean...
A Burial Site for Ebola victims in Guéckédou, Guinea
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No Essentiality: A Panel Discussion at London's 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair
November 3, 2014
This past October, as the commercial art world converged on Frieze , the second edition of the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair opened in...