World Aids Day: Zimbabwe
As the international community commemorate the twentieth anniversary of World AIDS Day, there is a country which today is left dwindling behind watching every day as it comes and only hoping against every hope that food and possibly a cure…
Western media and lazy African reporting
We very rarely hear about Hausa writers let alone Hausa women writers. Here Hausa novelist Sa’adatu Baba is interviewed on CNN. However Talatu-Carmen tells us the translations leave much to be desired and once again assumptions are made about religion…
Zimbabwe rape surviors
Sexual violence in Zimbabwe dates back to the liberation war in the 1980s when women were used as sex objects serving Zimbabwean soldiers. There has been a silence around the rapes and other acts of sexual abuse which took place…
Between non-violent resistance and armed struggle
Tags: Strategies of Resistance Forms of Resistance Social movements
[Abahlali] A Place in the City – new film on Abahlali baseMjondolo
A Place in the City is a powerful film documenting the land rights movement through the lives of members of Durban shackdwellers, Abahlali baseMjondolo. Nearly 15 years since apartheid ended, millions of black South Africans still live in self-built shacks…
Mapping world piracy
It seems piracy is not just a Somali phenomena. This live piracy map shows details of piracy attacks across the world. There are three main cluster regions – the Horn of Africa, West Africa and the seas between north west…
16 Days Against Violence Against Women: Day 2
Press Statement from Black Women’s Rape Action Project Please sign the ASYLUM FROM RAPE PETITION HERE On 25 November 2008, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we demand that the UK government meet its international obligations to…
16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women: Day 1
Tags: 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women Liberia + Women Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: A Ghost Story and a Biography
Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: A Ghost Story and a Biography by Clifton Crais and Pamela Scully From the publishers: Displayed on European stages from 1810 to 1815 as the Hottentot Venus, Sara Baartman was one of the most…
Quick Links
***Disturbing but not so surprising news from South Africa’s “Social Attitudes Survey” shows that 80% of the population are against same-sex marriage. The very real possibility of ANC President, Jacob Zuma, who embodies some of the worst manifestations of macho…
Something fishy about Somali pirates
All the media hype around the $100 million crude oil tanker seajacked by Somalia “pirates” – I just cannot find anything within me to remotely sympathise with the cargo, it’s owner and owners and the crew are just as much…
Transgender Day of Remembrance – Africa
20th November 2008 marks the 10th annual International Transgender Day Of Remembrance, commemorating those who were killed due to anti transgender hatred or prejudice. The event is held in November to honour Rita Hester whose murder on November 28th 1998…
Thoughts on DRC confict
Trying to understand and give some context to the renewal of conflict in the DRC is extremely difficult. I recently spoke briefly with Dieudonné Wedi who is a DRC national and a human rights defender who has written on the…
Nepal – full rights to LGBT
“Nepal Equal marriage and civil rights based on sexual orientation and gender identity” ………….. A summary decision was issued in December 2007, when the court issued directive orders to the Nepal government to ensure the right to life according to…
Personal story from the DRC
Park Ranger, Benjamin Mujinya from the Virunga National Park recounts how the rebels killed his father. DRC; Virunga National Park;
The aid game – laundering the profits of exploitation
Aid agencies, NGO’s are being outed for their role as agents of Western financial captial at any cost who feed of the misery caused by their masters. Christian Aid is one such example. Following the 2004 coup against President Aristide…
Transgender 101
Although transgenderism is an umbrella term for a cross section of identities, I want to use a series of articles to illustrate what this means in a sort of transgender 101 sense; basic transgenderism, if you like. This is also…
Duanna Johnson murdered in Memphis
Last Sunday, Duanna Johnson, a transgender woman was found murdered in Memphis. Back in February she was brutally beaten by a Memphis police officer for refusing to respond to his transphobic taunting. The report in Angry Brown Butch points out…
Bush cleans his hands after greeting Obama
“Obama!”Bush exclaimed… “Come here and meet Laura. Laura, you remember Obama. We saw him on TV during election night. Beautiful family. And that wife of yours – that’s one impressive lady.” The two men shook hands and then, according to…
RIP Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 10 November 2008)
Miriam Makeba, the world-renowned South African singer, has died at the age of 76 after being taken ill near the southern Italian town of Caserta. Makeba died on Monday after taking part in a concert for Roberto Saviano, a writer…
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