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European telcos find growth elsewhere as Brussels mulls deregulation Vodafone and Orange seek scale in emerging markets as continental growth stalls

Kèo Trên Kèo Dưới Là Gì? Yếu Tố Ảnh Hưởng Đến Kèo S666 Kèo trên kèo dưới là gì? Đây là thuật ngữ quan trọng trong cá cược bóng đá, giúp người chơi xác định đội nào được đánh giá mạnh hơn và đội nào yếu hơn tron...

A group of Nigerian linguists are training AI tools on Yoruba language dialects “We decided to do this project is because of the growing application of AI and machine ... We wanted to ensure that low-resourced dialects of low-resourced...

Benue Book and Arts Festival Makes its UK Debut | Recap The Benue Book and Arts Festival (BBAAF) made its UK debut in Nottingham earlier this year on Saturday, 25th January 2025! Founded by SEVHAGE Arts + Publis...

A Logic for the Future International Relations in the Age of Turbulence

The 1986 Harare ‘Berlinesque’ Conference, the ‘Other Native Question’ and the Scramble for and Partition of African Being and Knowing Episode 4 of the #AfricaScramble series: epistemic violence The post The 1986 Harare ‘Berlinesque’ Conference, the ‘Other Native Question’ and the Scram...

Nothing to See Here It is of the nature of a conundrum, this puzzling passivity That human beings, in the main, submit so readily to authority Acquiescing to mass extinction eve...

Insomnia and the Secret Life of Ideas: Kafka on the Relationship Between Sleeplessness and Creativity Where we go when we go to sleep and why we go there is one of the great mysteries of the mind. Why the mind at times refuses to go there, despite the plead...

The Weekend Watchlist | Movies/Series To Watch This Weekend The weekend is underway, and in true Ynaija fashion, we are committed to helping you have the most relaxing time ... Read » The Weekend Watchlist | Movie...

MBIZO! – a gathering for Johnny Dyani 8 March 2025 LIVE @ Constellation, Chicago The post MBIZO! – a gathering for Johnny Dyani first appeared on Chimurenga.

Ebrohimie Road: A Museum of Memory I wrote and directed a documentary, my first work in this space. I remember this time last year, when we were scrambling to confirm the schedule of Wọlé...

Golden Girl: Eulogy of Dr. Helen Ijeoma Okorafor (nee Okwaraeleonu) Written by Nnedi Okorafor, Given on February 7, 2025 “A Golden smile from a Golden Girl of the games.” That’s a quote from a 1965 news article about my mo...

The Terror Attack In Örebro, Sweden The Terror Attack In Örebro By Adeola Aderounmu On Tuesday 4th of February 2025, a Swedish terrorist named Richard Andersson killed 10 people in the city o...

I am finally moving to Bluesky After many years on Twitter/X, and given the cesspoolthat platform has become since Mr. Elon Musk took it over, I have decided to move to Bluesky, the ne...

I watched 225 movies in 2024. Here are my favorites (and my least favorite)! I watched a LOT of movies in 2024. Here, in no particular order, are my top 10 percent (23 movies) and my bottom few. First, the best! I got a lot out of a...

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Listening to Eric Wainaina We can be more, Eric insisted. We can be greater. We can be larger.

Meet Belinda Otas – Journalist, TEDx Speaker & Advocate A brief opening paragraph that captures Belinda Otas, Journalist’s essence, summarizing her professional identity, accomplishments, and what drives her w...

Afrocentric Social Science Revolutions that Changed the Africalogical World View *Afrocentric Social Science Revolutions that Changed the Africalogical World View* Considerable progress has been made in the africalogical research of ...

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Zimbabwe authorities troubled by tumbling new currency Mount Hampden, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwean authorities responded swiftly to the recent decline in the new gold-backed currency by apprehending illicit moneychang...

IGBREWISM DEBUNKED: Seven (7) Reasons To Divest from the Igbo-Hebrew Fantastical Ideology For quite some time now, the growing belief that Ndi Igbo and Jews are related has stemmed from certain Igbo people’s claim of being descendants of the anc...

African Telecommunications Infrastructure in 2023 Welcome to the 10th annual review of telecommunications infrastructure development in Africa. Ten years is a bit of a milestone and perhaps a period wort...

Selling Amway in the Congo This is a story about some encounters I had nearly 20 years ago in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, while researching my dissertation on transnational migra...

‘Crazy rich’ Chinese making headaches for Singapore *Singapore is a big beneficiary of China’s rising capital flight but not all of the footloose funds are desirable or clean* Deng Xiaoping, China’s former ...

At the Bottom of the Supply Chain Children Pay High Price for Congo’s Cobalt Mining Profits As international concern grows over children having to work in mining of cobalt, a 2023 book reports a researcher's findings of the children's exploitation...

Guide d’achat : Comment choisir la meilleure shampouineuse Lorsqu’il s’agit de maintenir la propreté et la fraîcheur de vos tapis et de vos meubles, une shampouineuse est un outil essentiel. Que vous soyez un pro...

Sunsetting Sugabelly It's time to say goodbye... for now

Just Published: "Protecting Minority Language Rights" by George Ngwane George Ngwane. (2023). Protecting Minority Language Rights. Protéger les droits des langues minoritaires. Spears Books, Denver, CO. Available from SpearsBo...

Thoughts on Niger’s Coup at the Domestic Level: Proximate Triggers, Structural Causes, and Some Ramifications On July 26, Niger suffered a coup, or perhaps a show of force that escalated into a coup. Initially, the Presidential Guard surrounded the palace of Presid...

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The Africanist Perspective has moved! Dear readers, I am blogging again! This time on Substack. Go over and subscribe to receive new posts every week! Thank you for reading this blog over the y...

Cyber Warfare Is Getting Real: The risk of escalation from cyberattacks has never been greater—or the pursuit of peace more complicated My piece in Wired The post Cyber Warfare Is Getting Real: The risk of escalation from cyberattacks has never been greater—or the pursuit of peace more co...

El truco concluyente Con El Fin De convencer a alguien a quien acabas de conocer El truco concluyente Con El Fin De convencer a alguien a quien acabas de conocer Un nuevo estudio apunta a que no existe que anonadar tanto a la otra ser...

In Memoriam: Dakole Daissala, the man who helped consolidate the CPDM's 30-year grip on power "Will the MDR set the course for true political change in Cameroon thereby making history or will they join Biya to bring about some cosmetic changes and c...

Bertaruh Game Online Subtitrat Terbaru yang Harus Dicoba Game online subtitrat tentu menjadi sebuah info yang tidak asing bagi para bettors Game. Sebagai sebuah games menarik yang populer di belakangan tahun bela...

The cost of living “a rhetoric feast of meaningless blah”.

Cara Pasang Taruhan Judi Bola untuk Kemenangan Jika kamu tertarik ingin mencoba memainkan tentu saja sebaiknya terlebih dahulu mempelajari bagaimana cara pasang taruhan judi bola untuk kemenangan yang m...

Why Should You Consider Retaining Walls for Your Home? Whenever there is a change in elevation of ground, which at times may exceed the angle or repose of the layer of the soil, structures referred to as reta...

Yoruba Nation: Eke Ebu and Epe Does Not Win Wars - Kayode Ogundamisi Yoruba Nation: Eke Ebu and Epe Does Not Win Wars - Kayode Ogundamisi We have Mini-Fascists as Liberators, not interested in solutions to protecting N...

Bermain Menguntungkan Bersama Situs Togel Hongkong Ini Pemudatogel sangat menyenangkan untuk bermain togel. Dengan keuntungan dan pengurangan yang tinggi, Anda akan dapat memenangkan togel online dengan cepat...

Blog Post Title What goes into a blog post? Helpful, industry-specific content that: 1) gives readers a useful takeaway, and 2) shows you’re an industry expert. Use your c...

Who Is The Best Company To Buy Your House? Do you want to sell your house as soon as possible? Finding the perfect buyer for your home can be challenging, especially if you have zero background kn...

A humanist approach to money, markets and technology I have opened up a new project to disseminate my work and interests. This link is to the first page. There will be pages on other themes — Africa, networks...

Happy birthday, Peter Tosh! *Peter Tosh* (October 19, 1944 – September 11, 1987) was the guitarist in the original Wailing Wailers, a pioneer reggae musician, and a trailblazer for ...

The Pandemic as a Catalyst for Institutional Innovation The following essay is adapted from a talk given on May 5 at Radical May, a month-long series of events hosted by a consortium of fifty-plus book publish...

The beginning of the end. The end of the beginning. Thur., April 2. 3:35pm. The Greek doctors who’ve spent the bulk of the coronavirus crisis on the frontlines with almost no support from the government— ειπ...

The Importance of Being Earnest There are a couple of things to be excited about. The first is that Ranil has made his Youtube debut. Above you can watch him present on of his PhD papers ...

Essays on Christianity and Africa’s Advancement (I) Christianity, Traditional Knowledge and Africa’s Advancement I here seek to dispel existing fears, and in its place hopefully proffer reasoning in support ...

Tunisia: Prime Minister-designate announces government formation New government will be put to parliament for a vote on Thursday, where it must win majority support.

New Schools/Future Egyptians by Mohamed Elshahed with Farida Makar at the inaugural Sharjah Architecture Triennial [Video by Jonatas Junot Barros and Mohamed Elshahed, 2019. 8:19]This installation explores an...

A Quick Look at the Footprint of Chinese Private Security Companies (PSC) in Africa *This guest post by CARI Fellow Dr. Alessandro ARDUINO, from the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, is the second of our series "Notes from the Field." W...

Ugandan wants pigeon sport extended to South Sudan Article from Daily Monitor Uganda By Denis Bbosa Dated Saturday 07 September 2019 *Kidega finds gold in pigeons for sport* Photo: Denis Kidega is rearing pi...

Discover the Driving Inspiration Behind this Site Taiye Selasi's piece, pretty much inspired the very creation of this blog. Here it is in its entirety: *Bye-Bye Babar* by Taiye Selasi It’s moments to...

Balani Show, Origins “Balani Show” is a Malian phenomena with two decades of history. Surprisingly, there is little about it, even in Western academic circles. In Mali, it’s so...

Chichewa Dictionary now being distributed by Oxford University Press It has been quite sometime since I last wrote about the Chichewa-English dictionary project, which is being led by Rev Dr Steven Paas. Since 2016, this dic...

Urban bushmeat project Crocodiles, Mbandaka market, RDC In the framework of research at AfricaMuseum, Tervuren, I’m working on a project provisionally entitled ‘Bushmeat: The...

Pandora 360 App I’m very pleased to announce that the Pandora 360 Android app is finally available to the public on Google Play and Amazon Appstore! The creation of this a...

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Towards Swift Resolution of Election Petitions in Nigeria |by Ikechukwu Onuoma Esq "The importance of election tribunals in Nigeria’s democratic process cannot be overemphasized. This means that that these tribunals are not only legally f...

Bitter Sweet Historic Event in Democratic Republic of Congo Today, Thursday, January 24, 2019, an historic event occurred in our beloved homeland: the transfer of power between Joseph Kabila and Felix Tshisekedi at ...

Ruthless Hellomd Strategies Exploited Ruthless Hellomd Strategies Exploited The Basic Principles of Hellomd You Can Benefit From Beginning Today All this keeps many patients that have legitimat...

Live at the Africa Cup of Slam Poetry in N’djamena, Chad Between 5 and 12 November, Africanhiphop.com is reporting live from N’djamena (Chad), where a pan-African slam event brings together artists and representa...

Penny Stock Research Sources Penny Stock Research Sources Just because you don’t hear about penny stocks every day on your daily news, doesn’t mean that the penny stock market goes wit...

Contemporary Small Bathroom Layouts 2018 Contemporary Small Bathroom Layouts 2018 – Delightful to be able to the blog site, in this time period I will demonstrate regarding small bathroom layout...

Betraying Justice for Rwanda’s Genocide Survivors More than 20 years after an international criminal court’s landmark convictions of Rwandan genocidaires, the court is beginning to parole the masterminds o...

The Langa Mavuso I Love: a Note on Faves and Friends In Johannesburg, if you’ve got an even remotely creative job, the degrees of separation are few – and Twitter faves and famous faces can easily become frie...

Ethiopia’s Mandela steps up pace of change – but provokes enemies (Financial Times) (FT.com) – Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s youthful prime minister, may be the most popular politician in Africa but he has also…

Is JAMB fleecing billions of Naira off parents?

3rd Poetavango Short Story Contest *THIRD ANNUAL POETAVANGO AWARD FOR SHORT FICTION – CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS* The Poetavango Collective calls for good quality short stories for its third ann...

The pros and cons of the new Google Assistant Have you ever heard about the new Google Assistant? Are you thinking about how you should try it? How much do you know about it? If you are doubting whet...

The Commonwealth Short Story Prize Shortlist Twenty-four outstanding stories have been selected by an international judging panel from 5182 entries from 48 Commonwealth countries. The writers come f...

Au Revoir But Maybe Not Adieu Hey there. It has been a tradition on this blog to do a yearly check-in every April to mark the anniversary of this blog and maybe talk about how it could ...

South Africa: Select Committee’s Chairperson welcomes Zara’s decision to remove copied designs The Chairperson of the Select Committee on Trade and International Relations, Mr Eddie Makue, has welcomed Zara’s move to remove Maxhosa socks, copied from...

#ThrowbackThursday Model behaviour and candid moments captured... #ThrowbackThursday Model behaviour and candid moments captured backstage at Lagos Fashion and Design Week 2017. Go behind the scenes with us and get up c...

Beyond Mr. Trump’s Africa: An opportunity to truly engage Africa Trump insulting us. Europe sending us away. Israel chasing us out. The Arabs enslaving us. Shame, you black African leaders for making us a laughing stock....

Democracy that Delivers #107: Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia Outlines Gains in Anti-corruption Efforts in the Former Soviet Republic When George Welton arrived in the Republic of Georgia 13 years ago, corruption was rampant in everyday life. Now the Executive Director of the American Cha...

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The Special Prosecutor Must Succeed Or Be Hanged! The appointment of Mr. Martin A.B.K Amidu as the first special prosecutor after the enactment of the law in this

#113 — Consciousness and the Self In this episode of the Waking Up podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Anil Seth about the scientific study of consciousness, where consciousness emerges in natu...

12 Ideas For Purchasing Safe Toys Whether or not they’re wrapped below a tree or exchanged with the lighting of a candle, giving items to youngsters is a favorite a part of winter holiday...

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YoungstaCPT Releases 2 Mixtapes and Announces Australian Tour South African rapper YoungstaCPT clearly doesn’t sleep. Yesterday, the rapper released two mixtapes online, which were previously released only on CD. T...

The 27th Comrade Has Been Silenced In the end, I have to confess I did not understand you, 27thComrade. For me, you were the 27th Comrade and will always be with Communist Socks and Boots....

#JusticeForNabra: Muslim Teen Brutally Murdered During Ramadan #JusticeForNabra: Muslim Teen Brutally Murdered During Ramadan

Lenovo Flex 5 80XA000AUS Review Gorgeous video. Boosted, immersive audio. Enhanced video chat functions. It’s all here in the Lenovo Flex 5 80XA000AUS, an elegant 14″ 2-in-1 laptop comp...

So, it’s almost goodbye to Harvard. It’s been a thrilling ride, being a Nieman affiliate. I’ve enjoyed the same privileges as a fellow, part of which included access to the Nieman Foundation’...

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“Lusaka is warm most of the year, so we tend to gravitate... “Lusaka is warm most of the year, so we tend to gravitate towards pueces that are airy and summery. The slow-paced nature of the town means that we more ...

Limpopo pastor sprays Doom on congregants to 'heal them' The photographs were first posted on a Mount Zion General Assembly (MZGA) account‚ Rabalago’s church. Rabalago and MZGA could not be reached on Monday mo...

Presidential candidate without high school qualification ineligible – legal expert

When a lover's spat goes wrong in Nigeria - Muhammadu vs. Aisha Buhari On October 14th, 2016, audio of comments by Nigeria's First Lady, Aisha Buhari, was released publicly. She stated her disagreement with some of her husband...

Nadia Kaabi-Linke | Janus-Faced Realities Can subjectivity be mitigated? Ideas assumed to be ‘true’ are relative. They depend on systems of meanings and cultural behaviours; they derive from person...

Prams- Tips on how to choose the perfect one for yourself For some time now, makers of children supplies have come up with numerous special styles of gadgets for children designed to make our lives much easier. ...

Stiff-Collar Guys Confirm Democracy is Working in South Africa SA Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan Back in March, I was riding in an Uber car to my Johannesburg hotel. While most of the Uber drivers I’ve met in South...

What is making me happy today: Nathi Nomvula Enjoy! The post What is making me happy today: Nathi Nomvula first appeared on loomnie.com.

Black Panther Fights Bucky in New Clip From 'Civil War' With just a week away until the movie opens on May 6, here's another clip from "Captain America: Civil War" in which we get another look at Chadwick Bosema...

7 Lessons from an African Woman Entrepreneur on Building a Global Tech Business *Note: This is the first of a series on some experiences on entrepreneurship I have had over the years.* On Twitter, I am best known as a curator of Afric...

Mopping through MOPICON Originally posted on TexTheLaw: “Every person shall be entitled to freedom of expression, including freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart idea...

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Moving Hey all! One evening I was chatting with my friend, we were talking about websites and buying domains. Before that night was over I’d started the process o...

Congo Siasa is moving... Bandeko, After some six years and over 2,5 million views, Congo Siasa will be moving to the website of the Congo Research Group, a new research project hou...

The Masquerade : On Evolution and Gratitude There is a saying among the Igbos of Southeastern Nigeria that: Anaghi ano ofu ebe ekiri Mmonwu Which roughly translates into : One does not stand at the...

For-Profit Schools the New Shape of Structural Adjustment in Africa? There is a battle brewing on the African continent. For decades Africans fought against Structural Adjustment Programs and the devastation they wrought ac...

Voices- An anthology of contemporary art and literature We were taught in elementary school that a noun is a name of a person, place or thing. Ancient, medieval and contemporary literature has encouraged lots of...

Zambia's falling education standards! *By Michael Chishala* About thirty years ago, the Zambian public education system was something to talk about. We had quality expatriate teachers from all ...

Falling inflation to support Malawi’s currency: finance minister By Mabvuto Banda – REUTERS Declining fuel prices and a narrowing budget deficit in Malawi will help its […]

Ngozi’s Double-faced Theory of Management *Salisu Suleiman.* A theory is a set of related hypotheses that attempt to specify the relationship(s) between a set of variables with the objective of ...

Yoruba Man Recounts His Visit To Igboland God bless you both. Now to the 10 things I learnt on this my trip to Anambra and I’ll try to make this as brief as possible: 1) NOLLYWOOD LIED If you’ve se...

Angola's First Satellite Angola’s first communications satellite, *AngoSat-1*, will be launched into orbit in November 2016 to provide telecommunication services throughout the c...

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KQ - Losses, losses and more losses Ahhh, my bête noire never fails to fail... *I support KQ as an airline but the poor decisions made by (some members of) the Board and Management have financ...

Research Assistant Opportunity in Uganda Interested in elections and political accountability? Looking for research experience conducting impact evaluations? Pia Raffler and I are hiring a researc...

I have not been hurt by Christians There is a belief amongst some religious people, particularly Christians, that the reason I (and others) do not accept their claims is because I’ve had a b...

SENTINEL LITERARY QUARTERLY SHORT STORY COMPETITION (AUGUST 2014)–ADJUDICATION REPORT Administrator’s Note Please note that this competition was judged blind and the adjudication report was sent in by the Judge with only the titles of the wi...

How To Be Successful in Life and Business Get Lean. Lean In. Be disruptive. Move from Good to Great. There is much written and spoken about success. As a business. As a person. As a country. Human...

GirlTech 3.14159 – a girls science and education camp in Uganda A few weeks ago I got a very lovely email from Alaina Wayland, a Peace Corps Volunteer in Uganda working as a counselor at GirlTech 3.14159, a science and...

Emperor. Spirit. Boy. Twenty years after the death of his lead actor, River Phoenix, Dutch filmmaker George Sluizer managed to finish his movie … Continue reading →

God and Congo Your beliefs can be like fences that surround you. You must first recognize the existence of such barriers – you must see them or you will not even realize...

Art Success. Adelaide Damoah in Conversation with Victor Ehikhamenor Victor Ehikhamenor is a Nigerian visual artist, photographer and writer. Born in Udomi-Uwessan, Edo State, Nigeria, Ehikhamenor has BA in English and Liter...

Supporting Senegalese Midwives and Birth Attendants – a lesson from the African Midwives Collective Julia Nakad, Hesperian blog coordinator, for the African Birth Collective, describes how the African Birth Collective collaborates with communities to supp...

The Missing Economic Model Mudit Kapoor and I have an op-ed in Mint tomorrow about an economic model that is rarely/never discussed in the debates around poverty reduction in India. ...

Torturer police officer now in detention The mobile police officer who was seen misbehaving in an explosive video that went viral recently, Nasir Muhammed is in detention cell at the headquarters ...

Shameless Self-Promotion Upcoming Talks - April 8: "Implementing Dodd-Frank 1502/1504," University of Connecticut, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, Storrs, CT - April 9: "...

More on Nigeria's Anti-Gay Bill Following up on my post yesterday considering the public health angle on the anti-gay bill (hint: it's terrible for public health), I saw the version of th...

GMO nonsense retracted So the headlines last year claiming that a study showed that “rats fed genetically modified corn grew massive tumours” were nonsense all along. The article...

British Urban Film Festival launches viral ad The British Urban Film Festival has launched a new online advertising campaign with creative that parades the films, filmmakers, personalities and brand ...

Multiple deadlines I’m about to enter the critical phase of my PhD dissertation writing, so blogging might be intermittent over the next few weeks until the end of the year.

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Job Adverts in Lagos Syngenta is an international agribusiness company and one of the world’s leading seeds and crop protection Chemicals Company. To meet the demand for expa...

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South Africa’s goldmines beset by simmering resentment David Smith in Carletonville, The Guardian Down the mine there is pain, oppression and the cold fear of never coming back. But worst of all, said rock dril...

The Rural Modern Library The new generation of local Washington, DC public libraries coming on line have been referred to as "striking ... buildings that sit like aliens in their n...

South Sudan Vice-President to attend Business and Security Forum The Vice-President of South Sudan, HE Dr Riek Machar, will join senior ministers from Kenya and other African countries at the forthcoming Africa Forum on ...

Introduction Linguistic Playfulness started out with a series of the members’ workshop stories (WS). Some of these stories are stand-alone, others are part of a larger ...

We've Moved! Kind of... Today we launched a *new, updated Afropop.org.* The new site we hope you find more engaging, user-friendly, and easier to read. In addition, this new web...

africa.photography: (not so) random goodness edition Screenshot from Jim Naughten’s portfolio site © J. Naughten Jim Naughten: Hereros Each image, a portrait of Herero tribe members of Namibia, reveals a mate...

M&A FCPA Compliance Risks The risk of liability under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) cannot be understated when undertaking corporate merger and acquisition activity. In ...

21st Century Statecraft: The Rise and Fall of Invisible Children In the wake of Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 viral video frenzy and the cataclysmic meltdown of the organization’s leader Jason Russell, it is worth d...

Adichie: Commonwealth Lecture 2012

Microblogging, the experiment Recently found out that while I was busy neglecting this blog, it sort of died - literally. The domain name expired and somehow I had been kicked off of b...

Winter School in Demography Transition (DT) and Development in Rich Countries (RC) and Poor Countries (PC): Continuity and Change. by Siaka Lougue – AIMS Alumni, PhD Student in Population studies, Statistics department, University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa We participated...

Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry and Short Story Competitions Past winners This page lists winners of the first three places in the Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry & Short Story competitions since July 2009. You too could becom...

Roundtable IV: On the art and cultural establishment–Karroum Karroum: The relationship to the establishments or more exactly the rupture with the “official institution,” with its programmatic function that serves mor...

The Press Release Wars With the world constantly searching for news regarding the situation in Somalia and the international Media still ravenously rummaging for stories regardin...

Friday Afternoon Africana Because Fatoumata Diawara mixes Wassoulou sounds from the southwest of Mali with bluesy folk beats to deliver big, vibrant sounds:

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Video: Optogenitics is Nature's Method of the Year Long-time readers will remember a guest post by my friend Hugh Pastoll about optogenetics. I didn't catch it at the time, but *Nature *declared optogentics...

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*"The Waiting Room"* *There is a place where luck and the fates cannot save you. It is a place where natural cunning and innate intelligence must be put ...

Profit taking on BSE ahead of holidays source: Mmegi Brian Benza Staff Writer Shares prices on the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) weakened again last week with sellers outweighing buyers as the f...

CCA,Lagos Artist-in-Residence Albert Potrony Talk, Sat 27th Nov 2010, 2pm Albert Potrony, Artist in Residence at CCA,Lagos In another pioneering initiative Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos is pleased to present a collaborative ...

'Saymama For Tae' Check out the first ever 'Saymama for Tae' line - one of Nigeria's most hardworking and creative talent in the burgeoning world of fashion design in the co...

Symposium on Corruption & Human Rights Holds in Buea By Roland Mbonteh (Originally published in Eden Newspaper) Professor Kofele-Kale Wants Corruption Elevated to an International Crime. The distinguished Pro...

Moving House This blog has moved to its own domain. Please visit blog.farafinamagazine.com for the all-new The Farafinist and bookmark it. You can subscribe to the RSS ...

Where the Allegiance of the Nigerian Police lies At the dawn of the year 2009, one would not be withdrawing from the bank of ignorance, if one asserts that the actions, comportment and allegiance of Niger...

Rapid Radiation, Borrowing and Dialect Continua in the Bantu Languages Rapid Radiation, Borrowing and Dialect Continua in the Bantu Languages Clare J. Holden & Russell D. Gray PDF WITH ILLUSTRATIONS http://language.psy.auc...

Is This Goodbye? B: Didn’t think we’d be doing this again. Me: Yeah. Me neither. But It’s got to be done, y’know. Otherwise people will start asking questions. Start wonderi...