Timbuktu: whatever happened to the African Renaissance?

Afbeelding 14

Mali in the rainy season has its own rhythm, especially in the South: long days under heavy skies anticipating rain; moments when it comes so powerfully the world seems ready to end. Afterwards, a peculiar freshness and coolness, and new brown streams gurgling everywhere. With Ramadan coming soon, that rhythm will be syncopated, the regular […]

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Wade’s Ego

Senegal’s President, Abdoluaye Wade, hired North Koreans to built a 50 meter high monument–at exhorbitant cost–to celebrate his country’s 50 years of independence. Oh and he’ll make some of the profits from tourists visiting the monument to line his own pocket.  His people want to know what’s to celebrate. Among those siding with Wade is […]

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