Researching her new book, Lindsey Hilsum spoke to Libyan women about their role in post-Gaddafi politics
12 Apr 12 Comments (0)Broadcasting revolution
Radio allowed Algerians to enter into a “vast network of information… a world where things happen… where forces act,” wrote Frantz Fanon. Daniel Nethery surveys the work of the controversial Martinique-born writer, who died fifty years ago today, and its resonances in the Arab Spring
06 Dec 11 Comments (0)How different is Morocco?
Last week’s election helps illuminate where Morocco fits into the Arab Spring, writes Norman Abjorensen
30 Nov 11 Comments (0)Colonialism’s prequel
Julia Clancy-Smith’s Mediterraneans looks at a neglected period with contemporary resonance, writes Lorenzo Veracini
16 Sep 11 Comments (1)Free electrons
Daniel Nethery reviews an optimistic account of the Tunisian revolution by one of its online and offline participants
07 Sep 11 Comments (0)Crisis management
Perhaps ten million displaced people live in camps, often for years or even decades, writes Klaus Neumann
26 Aug 11 Comments (0)Understanding Somali society
The distinguished anthropologist I.M. Lewis discusses the background to the famine in Somalia
17 Aug 11 Comments (0)Africa’s victories over malaria
Infection and death rates are down in many countries, writes Xan Rice. Now the challenge is to consolidate and extend those gains
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A shrinking continent
It’s becoming much easier to fly within Africa, writes Xan Rice as he visits the world’s newest nation
25 Jul 11 Comments (1)Beyond the easy life of gods
Annika Lems reviews anthropologist Michael Jackson’s illuminating account of his return to the village of Firawa in Sierra Leone
12 Jul 11 Comments (1)Matters of the heart
Compassion as a motivator for action is overrated, writes Klaus Neumann, but Go Back to Where You Came from is a reminder that it’s not a bad starting point
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Guilty pleasure
West African countries supply two-thirds of the world’s chocolate, but spreading the benefits might take more than Quaker capitalism or Fairtrade, writes Brett Evans
11 May 11 Comments (0)Sarkozy’s ambiguous war
There’s a strange silence about the French president’s enthusiasm to intervene in Libya, reports Daniel Nethery in Paris
10 May 11 Comments (0)Pirates, terrorists or doctors of philosophy?
Backed by Lindsay Tanner, two initiatives in Melbourne are taking on the obstacles that face qualified Africans applying for professional jobs, reports Ralph Johnstone
Comments (2)A wallet, a browser and a social networking tool
Kenyans are leapfrogging landlines and going straight to mobile, with enormous social and economic implications, writes Xan Rice
20 Apr 11 Comments (0)Ventersdorp and the future of Afrikaner radicalism
Hardliners are now a decided minority among Afrikaners, report Edward Cavanagh and Emile Coetzee in South Africa
15 Apr 11 Comments (0)Kenya versus The Hague
President Kibaki and his allies continue to resist an international trial of alleged perpetrators of the 2007 post-election violence, writes Xan Rice
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