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Africa at 50: An Overview

1960 is often called the year of African independence because of the unprecedented number of countries--seventeen--that achieved their independence. It might more appropriately be termed the year of West and Central African independence as these countries were mostly from the two regions (except for Madagascar and Somalia). They were also predominantly former French colonies (save for Nigeria and ...

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The Habit of Underdevelopment

We were young. I was eighteen and my nineteen course mates were mostly in their mid-twenties. We were in 300 Level. We were lucky. We were going to Togo as the last set of French undergraduates in Nigeria to travel to that country for the year abroad programme. None of us had ever ventured beyond the shores of Nigeria. Our juniors in 200 Level were sulking. The following year, they would head out ...

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The Birth of Kenya's Second Republic

This week Kenyans voted overwhelmingly for a new constitution. It was a landslide victory for the ‘Yes' campaign (the Greens), which garnered 67.25 percent (5,954,767) of the vote against the ‘No' campaign's (the Reds) 30.25 percent (2,687,193). The voter turnout was high (71 percent) as Kenyans understood the referendum offered a historic opportunity for the country to remake itse ...

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Books

The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought

See The Zeleza Post Review by PT Zeleza, Editor, "The Poverty of African Thought: A Review" June 10, 2010: "...Unfortunately, the more I read it the more my expectations were dashed. The encyclopedia is poorly conceived and too many of the essays lack analytical rigor and seem ra ...

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Barack Obama and African Diasporas: Dialogues and Dissensions

Zeleza's important and insightful collection of essays is essential reading for those seeking a more nuanced understanding of the global Pan-African significance of the election of President Barack Obama. This timely volume is a splendid contribution to African, Diaspora, and ...

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The Second Annual Es’kia Mphahlele First Postgraduate Colloquium and Arts Forum

Time:3 Sep 2010 - 4 Sep 2010 University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg The Es'kia Mphahlel ...
International Open Learning and Distance Education Conference

Time:6 Sep 2010 - 8 Sep 2010 Potchefstroom, North-West, South Africa This conference will provide ...
1st International ICST Conference on e-services for Agriculture, Food, Environment and LIfe Sciences in Africa

Time:9 Sep 2010 - 10 Sep 2010 Johannesburg, South Africa The two day conference will focus on for ...
7th Iberian Congress of African Studies - 50 years of african independencies: challenges to modernity

Time:9 Sep 2010 - 11 Sep 2010 Lisbon, Portugal How does Africa look at its past, its present ...
Museums and the Market

Time:10 Sep 2010 - 11 Sep 2010 Leeds, United Kingdom In the history of every museum there has ...

HUMANIZING ALIENS OR ALIENATING AFRICANS?: DISTRICT 9 AND THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION

Hollywood's fascination with Africa is not new. As far back as King Solomon's Mines and Tarz ...

The Meaning and Implications of the Obama Phenomenon

The euphoria over Senator Barack Obama's victory in the Democratic Party primaries in early June ...
In Search of the Diaspora: A Personal and Intellectual Odyssey

Essay specially prepared for presentation at the Inaugural Lecture of the Liberal Arts and Sciences ...