AfricaFocus Bulletin
March 22, 2019 Southern Africa/Global: Cyclone Idai and Climate Justice
A week after Cyclone Idai struck the coast of Mozambique near
Beira, there are still people awaiting rescue from treetops and
roofs. The death toll, with confirmed deaths numbering in the
high hundreds, is still unknown, with the largest number in Mozambique,
and still devastating numbers in Zimbabwe and Malawi as well. The
full impact has been slow to emerge, but it is finally gaining more
attention from world media.
March 11, 2019 Sudan: Just Fall, That is All!
“These protests are unprecedented in terms of their length and
sustainability, their geographical spread throughout the entire
country, and the remarkable coalition of youth groups, civil
society organizations, and opposition political parties that have
joined in these protests now still ongoing in their third month.”
- Khalid Medani
February 26, 2019 USA/Africa: From Wakanda to Reparations, Part 2
“Just as cotton, and with it slavery, became key to the U.S.
economy, it also moved to the center of the world economy and its
most consequential transformations: the creation of a globally
interconnected economy, the Industrial Revolution, the rapid
spread of capitalist social relations in many parts of the world,
and the Great Divergence—the moment when a few parts of the world
became quite suddenly much richer than every other part.” - Sven
Beckert
February 26, 2019 USA/Africa: From Wakanda to Reparations, Part 1
Jelani Cobb: “Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa, the Black Panther and
the King of Wakanda, confronts Erik Killmonger, a black American
mercenary, played by Michael B. Jordan, as a rival, but the two
characters are essentially duelling responses to five centuries of
African exploitation at the hands of the West. The villain, to the
extent that the term applies, is history itself.” Karen Attiah:
“Indeed, ´Black Panther´ offers a radical vision of what black
national power and internationalism could look like, if we
trusted, respected, and elevated black women … In ´Black Panther,´
as in real life, black women be saving ev-ery-body, white or
black.”
February 11, 2019 Nigeria: Many Candidates, Few Alternatives
“The presidential contest ... will likely be a straight contest
between incumbent Muhammadu Buhari of the ruling All Progressives
Congress (APC) and challenger Atiku Abubakar of the People’s
Democratic Party (PDP). Dozens of other candidates will be
competing. These include: Oby Ezekwesili, the former minister and
founder of the Bring Back Our Girls movement; Professor Kingsley
Moghalu, the former deputy governor of the Central Bank of
Nigeria; and Omoyele Sowore, the owner of the media outlet Sahara
Reporters. But when it comes down to it, it will be a two-horse
race.” - Idayat Hassan
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January 30, 2019
USA/Africa: Paradigms of Foreign Intervention
January 30, 2019
USA/Africa: China, Bolton, and Jimmy Carter
January 22, 2019
Zimbabwe: Repression & Dreams Deferred, Again
January 8, 2019
Mozambique/Global: Who Pays for Transnational Corruption?
December 10, 2018
Africa/Global: Green New Deal Could Be Game-Changer
November 12, 2018
Africa: Africa Mining Vision
November 12, 2018
Africa: Why Mining is Hard to Tax
October 16, 2018
Africa/Global: Drug Company Profits vs. Public Health
October 1, 2018
Africa/Global: Professionals Enabling Corruption
September 17, 2018
Uganda: Time for the Youth
August 27, 2018
Africa: Migration Reports Show Complex Realities
August 15, 2018
West Africa/Europe: From Cocoa to Chocolate
July 30, 2018
East Africa: Ethiopia/Eritrea Peace Hopes, Cautions
July 18, 2018
Africa/Global: 10 Ways to Misunderstand the Trump Election, and Why They Still Matter
June 20, 2018
Congo (Kinshasa): Ebola Response Shows Lessons Learned
June 4, 2018
West Africa/Global: Tax Evasion without Borders
May 21, 2018
Namibia/Africa: Afrobarometer Insights
May 7, 2018
USA/Africa: Achieving 100% Renewable Energy
May 7, 2018
USA/Africa: Renewable Energy Advances on Many Fronts
April 23, 2018
Ethiopia: Wax, Gold, and "Ethiopianness"
April 9, 2018
Africa: Storybooks in African Languages
March 26, 2018
Zimbabwe: Women Continue Protest at Hwange Coal
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