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Tag Archives: Africa
French perspectives on Africa: Africa4
If you are interested in French perspectives on Africa, have a look at the new blog I have co-founded for the French newspaper Libération. Africa4 is a blog written by two journalists and two historians who want to share their ideas … Continue reading
What do African countries’ names mean?
Interested in a nonsensical map of Africa? Have a look at this map displaying a translation of each African country’s name. This picture is only a screen capture of an interactive map I have created. You can see the full version here … Continue reading
‘Mastering the River Niger: James MacQueen’s Map of Africa and the Struggle over Atlantic Slavery’ (Review of David Lambert’s presentation on the 13th February 2013)
This post is a review of the seminar given by David Lambert on James MacQueen’s Map of Africa (University of Leeds, 13 February 2013). David Lambert presented a fascinating analysis of the influences upon James MacQueen’s geographical imagination of the River … Continue reading
‘Identifying with War: A Historical Appraisal of Child Combatants in African Conflicts, c.1950-2010’ (Review of Stacey Hynd’s presentation on the 13th March 2013)
This post is a review of the seminar given by Stacey Hynd on African child combatants (University of Leeds, 13 March 2013). Hynd’s paper tackled a range of disparities between the humanitarian narrative of the child soldier and the actuality … Continue reading
Local media representation of famine in Africa: cover-ups, instability and death
De Waal’s seminal publication in 1995, Famine that Kills, altered Western academia’s interpretation of famine. The basis of his thesis is that the African concept of famine does not use the presence of deaths from starvation as a criterion for … Continue reading
Africa news in brief
Some links to recent stories of interest: Following Spanish Pime Minister Rajoy’s bizarre, euro-centric assertion that ‘Spain is not Uganda’ with regards to its failing economy and the bailout the BBC compares the two countries: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18408448 A new low-cost Airline … Continue reading
Independence of the African state
Kisaka Robinson offers his opinion on what 49 years of independence in Uganda says about the country and Africa as a whole. On Sunday 9th October Uganda celebrated its 49th year of independence since the end of colonial rule in 1962. This … Continue reading
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A Ugandan Opinion Piece on Colonel Gaddafi
What follows is an opinion piece by Kisaka Robinson on the role of Gaddafi in Uganda. Perspectivesonafrica creates a forum for the expression of different viewpoints to stimulate debate on African issues; views expressed are therefore those of particular authors and do not necessarily reflect … Continue reading
African money and French politics: and the story goes on
I have already mentioned in this blog what French journalists call Françafrique. Last week, a blatant example of the links between French highest political figures and some of their African counterparts came to light.
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