Racism and the Media in Africa

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Where is Angola?

The tragic attack on the Togolese football team bus (three people were killed and one player seriously injured) on the eve of the African Nations Cup in the disputed Angolan province of Cabinda, is just that: tragic.

What’s even more tragic is that it took a random attack on a football team to get the media to give attention to the conflict in Cabinda.   Then there’s European observers who can’t help themselves in exploiting the tragedy, making connections to South Africa’s ability to host the World Cup next year. In the process they let their racism get the better of their knowledge of geography.

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NOAM CHOMSKY ON THE AMERICAN CENTURY

Recorded last month at SOAS in London.

ILLEGAL CARTOONS

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A Ugandan newspaper’s critical caricature of President Yoweri Museveni led police to interrogate three journalists today on allegations of sedition, according to a defense attorney and local journalists.
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TRIBAL MEDICINE

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