In October last year thousands of South African students marched on key sites of power – Parliament in Cape Town, …
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In Pictures: These are the Faces of the Caravana 43 for the Disappeared Students of Ayotzinapa, Mexico
The Caravana 43, as we explained here, is a collective of the family members and friends of the 43 disappeared students …
STRIKE ACTION: Why Are Colombian Teachers Protesting the Government?
Last year, still riding the hype of his reelection, Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos stated as a national goal tha…
Maboneng on fire
I was retweeting things like “It was only a matter of time #Maboneng” after someone was shot in the head during the evic…
Bamako-sur-Seine
You don’t stand in one place to watch a masquerade, as Chinua Achebe famously said. It moves. You move with it. Same goe…
Looking back on Occupy Nigeria
Nigerian producers Chris Dada and Funmi Iyanda created chopcassava.com “to document the popular fuel subsidy prote…
North Africa Stand Up
Since we’re on revolutionary soundtracks, check this: The first song on this mixtape (cover above) of North Africa…