Blog entries from: Africa Unchained

Inspired by George Ayittey's book 'Africa Unchained'.

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May 25 2013

From Africa Unchained Sat May 25 2013, 06:00:00



May 24 2013

From Africa Unchained Fri May 24 2013, 06:00:00

In Africa is a Country:

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May 23 2013



May 22 2013

From Africa Unchained Wed May 22 2013, 09:39:00

In production from Back Page, a film adaptation of Wole Soyinka's novel, Ake. :

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May 21 2013

From Africa Unchained Tue May 21 2013, 06:00:00

An 2010 environment 360 Fred Pearce report:

A simmering dispute over who owns the waters of the River Nile is heating up. From its headwaters in Ethiopia and the central African highlands to the downstream regional superpower Egypt, the Nile flows through 10 nations. But by a quirk of British colonial history, only Egypt and its neighbor Sudan have any rights to its water.

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May 20 2013

From Africa Unchained Mon May 20 2013, 06:00:00

Roman Grynberg teases apart the coffee trade in the Mail & Guardian:

On Germany's dominance:

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May 19 2013

From Africa Unchained Sun May 19 2013, 06:00:00

Lincoln's Remimagine project:

Join Lincoln and TED as we explore groundbreaking perspectives on art.

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May 18 2013

From Africa Unchained Sat May 18 2013, 06:00:00

Pankaj Mishra writing in the Guardian:

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May 17 2013

From Africa Unchained Fri May 17 2013, 06:00:00

via Afrofuturist Affair:

Eaten By The Heart is a video installation and documentary project conceived, produced and directed by Zina Saro-Wiwa. Commissioned by The Menil Collection, Houston and supported by the Houston Museum of African American Culture for the Menil's exhibition The Progress of Love, the piece explores intimacy, heartbreak and love performances among Africans and Diasporans. Eaten By The Heart forms part of Zina's video performance and installation practice which focuses on the mapping of emotional landscapes, its resulting performative behaviors and cross-cultural implications. Zina states:

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May 16 2013

From Africa Unchained Thu May 16 2013, 06:00:00

For the scholarly and other thinkers:

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