October 10, 2024
In a recent article, I argued that the M23 is the perfect buffer between Rwanda and Congo, given its ideological clarity and the fact that i…
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The idea that Tshisekedi could suddenly become a reliable partner simply has no basis in reality
It would make more sense to consider redirecting the millions wasted on MONUSCO to a more efficient force, but sadly, we must stick to the single story: the M23 are the bad guys
The Americans, like the French before them, are involved in blackmail to achieve geostrategic interests
To achieve decolonisation, a whole process of de-construction and re-construction is necessary
It is more helpful, more liberating, for Africans to see themselves from the vantage point of the pugilist on the other side—as a country
Africans need to talk to each other
In Uganda and Kenya, the sight of a Somali is equated to seeing a terrorist. Yet, Somalis are by far the biggest victims of terrorism!
East Africans know so little about the Horn of Africa and Africans in the Horn know so little about East Africa
Simply documenting—however exhaustively—the numbers and conditions under which the deaths of migrant workers occur is deliberately, cleverly, telling a half story
“While acknowledging the great merits of African writers in foreign languages, we cannot fail to note that they belong in the literature of the language they use to write.”
The idea that Tshisekedi could suddenly become a reliable partner simply has no basis in reality
It would make more sense to consider redirecting the millions wasted on MONUSCO to a more efficient force, but sadly, we must stick to the single story: the M23 are the bad guys
The Americans, like the French before them, are involved in blackmail to achieve geostrategic interests
To achieve decolonisation, a whole process of de-construction and re-construction is necessary
It is more helpful, more liberating, for Africans to see themselves from the vantage point of the pugilist on the other side—as a country
Africans need to talk to each other
In Uganda and Kenya, the sight of a Somali is equated to seeing a terrorist. Yet, Somalis are by far the biggest victims of terrorism!
East Africans know so little about the Horn of Africa and Africans in the Horn know so little about East Africa
Simply documenting—however exhaustively—the numbers and conditions under which the deaths of migrant workers occur is deliberately, cleverly, telling a half story
“While acknowledging the great merits of African writers in foreign languages, we cannot fail to note that they belong in the literature of the language they use to write.”
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Part of the problem facing Africa is that the agency to articulate the trials and tribulations of Africans has for long been usurped by foreigners. As a principle, everyone should get involved in debates on Africa, of course. However, rather than Read more