When Nelson Mandela had an Ethiopian Passport
In April 1962, Mandela traveled on an Ethiopian passport in the name of David Motsomayi. He visited Morocco, Algeria, and Mali.
In April 1962, Mandela traveled on an Ethiopian passport in the name of David Motsomayi. He visited Morocco, Algeria, and Mali.
I do know a bit about Mali, but I hardly recognize The New Yorker's Jon Lee Anderson’s version of it.
France's intervention never offered a real solution to any of Mali's problems, but created a set of problems to the ones this country would otherwise have faced.
This is not a neo-colonial offensive. The argument that it is might be comfortable and familiar, but it is bogus and ill-informed.
Foreign journalists would do well to get their heads around Mali’s crisis, because all signs are that it will be around for a while.
My grandmother had a pub where wayfarers, fishermen, their wives, officers and anybody who had trouble
Mali’s rebel armies, their shifting alliances and their fans make for quite a spectacle.
Malians have little patience for Amadou Toumani Touré, Mali’s former president, deposed in a coup on 22 March.
We mean the kind of bad that comes from being caught in a Beckettian loop of either saying nothing at all or having nothing to say.
I have this track (and video) on repeat. The Sway Machinery featuring Malian singer Khaira Arby,