The Dutch Disease
The media in the Netherlands have a schizophrenic relationship with South Africa, either fixating on Afrikaners, descendants of Dutch settlers, or fabricating a history of Dutch anti-apartheid zeal.
Journalism
You need Nicholas Kristof
Sierra Leone is a tough place for women and girls, maybe among the worst. But that doesn't mean they’re waiting for Nicholas Kristof to save them.
The news about land reform in Zimbabwe
Land reform and Zimbabwe; say those words in any order and you get a reaction. It
Africa Unsigned
Africa Unsigned, an Amsterdam-based website uses crowd-funding–a method which allow people to pool their money online–to
Jeffrey Gettleman in Somalia
By Abdourahman Waberi* Jeffrey Gettleman will not run the risk of being seen as ‘a nobody,
Who is Leymah Gbowee
Gbowee, an activist, is one of three Liberian women to jointly be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011. Most Western media, though, didn't do right by her.
"Grandma's going, so I am going too"
Short video piece on Jelani Gibson, a 16-year-old protester who traveled with his grandmother from Pontiac, Michigan
The definition of hip-co
Takun J, the leading proponent of the Liberian music genre, breaks down its essence for a
The Emperor Needs New Clothes
Equatorial Guinea's longtime head of state, Teodoro Obiang, wants to buy legitimacy internationally. Will he succeed?
In Praise of Wangari Maathai
Maathai, who died this week, stood up to the dictatorship of Daniel Arap Moi, and the global regimes of the IMF, the World Bank and all the rest.
Liberator Magazine
Here. Photo Credit: Cedric Miles.
Nicholas Kristof Saves Another Woman
In The New York Times columnit's world, Kenya is just another Third World site of pathos, despair, degradation, and fallen women waiting to be saved.
We're suppose to celebrate Miss Universe
Miss Angola, Leila Lopes, was crowned Miss Universe over the weekend. One of the judges, a