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African Studies Association conference, 19-22 November, New Orleans

ashgatepublishing wrote 1 month ago: Eleazer Durfee will be attending the African Studies Association meeting in New Orleans for Ashgate … more →

Tags: Interdisciplinary Studies

Academic opportunities for PhDs or PhD candidates in African Studies

carmenmccain wrote 1 month ago: My friend Katrin Schulze just sent me the links to some fantastic academic opportunities in the UK t … more →

Tags: academic, Popular Culture, Scholarship

Mugabe - deluded as ever - simple gangster always.

zebrambizi wrote 2 months ago: The world’s media was treated to a bizarre spectacle last week in the wake of an EU delegation … more →

Tags: media, Africa, African News, African Union, european union, Great Britain, Harare, Human Rights, INTERNATIONAL

Zimbabwe still deep in crisis.

zebrambizi wrote 2 months ago: Image via Wikipedia Whilst the IMF rushes to assist Mugabe with millions of dollars worth of loans; … more →

Tags: media, Zimbabwe, Africa, Politics, Robert Mugabe, African Union, Great Britain, Human Rights, mdc

President Paul Kagame Discusses Aid and China

zebrambizi wrote 4 months ago: President Paul Kagame of Rwanda in this interview with Fareed Zakaria (CNN) discusses Dead AId (Damb … more →

Tags: Great Britain, Africa, China, Labour Party, Politics, media, African Union, INTERNATIONAL, uk politics

Joint Academic Programs Saving Fields From Extinction (maybe a bit dramatic)

Adam Couturier wrote 4 months ago: The following article is copied from Haaretz (via the Agade list) Israel currently has a great many … more →

Tags: Education, Egyptology, Assyriology, Classics

Supreme Leader Mugabe!!!

zebrambizi wrote 4 months ago: It now seems that Mugabe the man who appointed himself president of Zimbabwe has now to be known as … more →

Tags: Great Britain, Zimbabwe, Africa, Politics, media, Robert Mugabe, African Union, African News, Emmerson Mnangagwa

President Barak Obama To The Ghanaian Parliament

zebrambizi wrote 4 months ago: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ______________________________________________________ … more →

Tags: Great Britain, Africa, USA, Politics, media, African Union, Human Rights, INTERNATIONAL, barak obama

Zimbabwe PM jeered by UK exiles

zebrambizi wrote 5 months ago: Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was booed and criticized at Southwark Cathedral today. H … more →

Tags: Great Britain, Zimbabwe, Africa, Politics, media, Robert Mugabe, African Union, Human Rights, Morgan Tsvangirai

Madonna treats Malawi as if it's a baby supermarket.

zebrambizi wrote 5 months ago: Madonna via last.fm There are times when I feel utter disgust with celebrities like Madonna. By adop … more →

Tags: Great Britain, Africa, media, Malawi, Celebrities, Madonna

IN MEMORIAM: Dr. Ivan van Sertima

natashaelaine wrote 6 months ago: Well known Guyanese-British literary critic, linguist, poet and anthropologist, Dr Ivan van Sertima, … more →

Tags: Anthropologist, Dr. Ivan Van Sertima, Guyanese-British literary critic, Linguist, Poet, University of Rutgers

Competition for Best Masters Thesis on Sub-Saharan Africa, 1000 Euros (English and Français) 4 comments

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 6 months ago: en français Africa Thesis Award 2009 [Editor's Note: Although this award is not specific to disabili … more →

Tags: Academic Papers, Announcements, Awards & Honors, Call for Nominations or Applications, Call for Papers, Fellowships/ Scholarships, Opportunities, Sub-Saharan Africa Region, Africa

Womanism2 comments

deniseanita wrote 6 months ago: This is another poem from my book.  I wrote this while reflecting on the plight of women in the Came … more →

Tags: Reflections, Poetry, womanism

South Africa in Dalai Lama U-turn: BBC News.

zebrambizi wrote 6 months ago: So at last a little common sense has entered the South African government which previously seemed to … more →

Tags: Great Britain, Africa, China, tibet, media, African Union, News, South Africa, Human Rights

Zimbabwe - Humanitarian Aid: House of Commons 13th May 2009.

zebrambizi wrote 6 months ago: The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development, Mr. Ivan Lewis, today outl … more →

Tags: Great Britain, Zimbabwe, Africa, gordon brown, Politics, Robert Mugabe, African Union, News, Human Rights

Zuma calls for time of renewal: MAIL & GUARDIAN.

zebrambizi wrote 6 months ago: Zuma is now President of South Africa. His inaugural address (an excerpt): NOSIMILO NDLOVU AND MMANA … more →

Tags: Great Britain, Africa, Labour Party, Politics, media, African Union, News, South Africa, Human Rights

Pseudo-FAQ: Informal Ethnographer?

iethnographer wrote 7 months ago: Hello All! I’ll flesh out Informal Ethnographer as time goes on, but let’s get a few thi … more →

Tags: Announcements, Alexandre Enkerli, Ethnography, Anthropology, informality, Coffee, Beer, Music, Social Media

Zimbabwe activists jailed again: BBC NEWS.

zebrambizi wrote 7 months ago: The evidence that Mugabe and Zanu PF still dominate Zimbabwe could not be clearer, the dictatorship … more →

Tags: Great Britain, Zimbabwe, Africa, Labour Party, Politics, media, Robert Mugabe, African Union, News

Congo ex-rebel 'working with UN': BBC NEWS.

zebrambizi wrote 7 months ago: A report this morning that Gen Bosco Ntaganda is asisting UN forces (MONUC)  in the Congo.  Apparent … more →

Tags: Great Britain, Africa, Politics, Congo, media, African Union, Human Rights, sexual fucntion, INTERNATIONAL


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