Zimbabwe: The house that books built Award-winning writer Petina Gappah ?is working to revive Harare City Library. Here she explains the importance of the library to the city's cultural ... life??
Not afraid to sing the truth A powerful compilation album unites musicians imprisoned or exiled for their music ...
Change on hold, by Petina Gappah Replace Mubarak with Mugabe and you have Zimbabwe, says award-winning Zimbabwean writer Petina Gappah ...
If it doesn’t work, don’t fix it A last word by Zimbabwean author Tendai Huchu. Changing faces in government is not going to change the country in any meaningful way if it means ... preserving its colonial character.
international intrigue Burkina Faso, CAR, Côte d’Ivoire… Ari Ben-Menashe, lobbyist for countries in crisis Article 4/5 of "Washington, the capital of African lobbying"
international intrigue Burkina Faso, CAR, Côte d’Ivoire… Ari Ben-Menashe, lobbyist for countries in crisis
Book releases: Arabic science, Africa after the Cold War, Hairdresser of Harare Reviews of Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science, The Curse of Berlin: Africa after the Cold War and the Hairdresser of Harare ...
Mauritius: Tax and bend The Switzerland of Africa is the preferred island getaway of tax evaders. ...
Kenya: Closing time Hotel and bar owners fear Kenya's new drinking laws could send tourists elsewhere. ...
Zimbabwe: Poll prospects bring anxiety ZANU-PF's calls for an election are stoking fears of another violent vote while the constitutional referendum is delayed ...
Anansi: Polls and posturing lie ahead With up to 17 national elections across Africa in 2011 and elections scheduled in Russia, France and the US in 2012, the year ahead will bring ... plenty of posturing and promises.
Helon Habila on Dambudzo Marechera Zimbabwean novelist Dambudzo Marechera is a "new post-nationalist writer", says Nigerian writer Helon Habila, author of Oil on Water. ...