Sudanese women’s movements and the conflict in Darfur
19th December 2006
Safaa Elagib Adam from the Community Development Association based in Khartoum talks to Firoze Manji from Pambazuka News about the vital role Sudanese women play in the struggle for peace. In the mainstream coverage of the conflict in Darfur, the voices of the people most impacted are often absent.
The music in this podcast is by Freddy Macha
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Africa’s relationship with China
14th December 2006
Professor Kwesi Kwaa Prah speaks to Pambazuka News about the history of Chinese engagement in Africa and theorises about what is to come. This accompanies our special issue exploring China’s relationship with Africa. Professor Kwaa Prah is about to release a book entitled: “Afro-Chinese relations: Past, Present and the Future”. He is based at the Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society.
The music in this podcast is by Freddy Macha
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A personal story of living with HIV/AIDS from South Africa
6th December 2006
Mpho is a 24 year old lesbian identified woman who was raped last October and as a result is now HIV+. She discovered she was positive in April this year and started on ARVs in August because her CD4 count was very low at 90. Like many women in a similar position in South Africa, Mpho is struggling not only with additional medical complications such as diabetes and thyroid problems but the side affect of the drugs, the stigma and having to find the sheer mental will to get through each day. In this interview she talks about how being raped and contracting HIV has impacted on her life. She also discusses her dreams for the future of being a photo journalist and living her life.
The music in this podcast is by Freddy Macha
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Analysis of Democratic Republic of Congo elections
23rd November 2006
Prominent African academic and political theorist Professor Ernest Wamba dia Wamba gives his analysis of the recent elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo and takes the political temperature of the mood in DRC today.
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Kenyan Writer NgÅ©gÄ© wa Thiong’o speaks to Pambazuka News
16th November 2006
Pambazuka News focuses on culture and social justice as the first African Union conference on the subject kicks off in Addis Ababa. In this podcast, renowned Kenyan writer NgÅ©gÄ© wa Thiong’o talks to Robtel Pailey from Pambazuka News about the importance of language and culture.
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Political poetry from Omékongo wa Dibinga
16th November 2006
In this podcast Congolese poet Omékongo wa Dibinga shares three of his poems with us exploring the attitudes towards Africa, aid and development. For more information see www.omekongo.com
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Rapper PlanBe speaks to Pambazuka News
16th November 2006
In this podcast Sokari Ekine from Pambazuka News explores violence and rape in South Africa with emerging rapper PlanBe and he performs his rap Stand Against.
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Reflections on trade justice, immigration and social exclusion in the UK
9th November 2006
In this podcast in our series on trade justice, Pambazuka News was at Levellers Day in the small village of Burford in Oxfordshire in May 2006. This annual event marks the anniversary of the execution of three soldiers who were part of the Leveller pro-democracy movement in 17th century England. Pambazuka News caught up with Karen Chouhan from the National Assembly Against Racism, Salma Yaqoob from Birmingham Stop the War Coalition and ex-MP Tony Benn to get their thoughts on what trade justice means to them.
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Get Well Soon Comrade Castro!
26th October 2006
In this podcast from Tajudeen Adbul-Raheem explores the reaction from the lovers and haters of Fidel Castro to news of his recent illness.
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Globalisation and job losses in South Africa
26th October 2006
Etienne Vlok from the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union talks about the impacts of World Trade Organisation regulations that have meant massive job losses for the poorest.
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Why I gave up smoking
12th October 2006
Tajudeen Adbul-Raheem explores his many reasons for giving up smoking. This is a podcast of Tajudeen’s popular article published in Pambazuka News.
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Land rights for descendants of slaves in Brazil
12th October 2006
In this second podcast in our series on trade justice, Pambazuka News spoke to environmental activist Marcelo Calazans in Brazil on the day a Quilombola community reclaimed land from a destructive monoculture eucalyptus plantation. The Quilombolas are the descendants of slaves brought by the Portuguese from Angola and Congo. For more information on monoculture eucalyptus and Quilombolas check the Alert Against the Green Desert Movement website http://www.desertoverde.org/.
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Can Africa deliver on the Millennium Development Goals?
28th September 2006
In the first of our ‘Pan African postcards’ Tajudeen Adbul-Raheem poses the question: With the world economy rigged in favour of rich nations can Africa deliver on the Millennium Development Goals?
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Women’s rights in rural South Africa
28th September 2006
In the first episode in our series on trade justice. Pambazuka News talks to Sizani Ngubane of the Rural Women’s Movement based in South Africa where women continue to be thrown off their lands when their husbands die. She vividly describes how this intersects with trade justice.
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The broadcasts on trade and justice were developed with the kind support of HIVOS Netherlands.
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