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Finance and Operations Director - Fahamu

Fahamu is seeking an experienced Finance and Operations Director to manage the organisation's finance and operations team.
This role will be based in Nairobi, Kenya but will have a remit covering the whole of Fahamu's pan-African programmes with offices in Kenya, Senegal, South Africa and UK.
The deadline for applications is February 10, 2012.

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Joan Baxter

Joan Baxter eloquently exposes the diversity of Africa, the injustices Africans have faced and the strengths that have helped them weather adversity. She erodes the tired stereotypes of the western media and provides compelling evidence of the need for westerners to scrutinise their own countries' policies at home and abroad.

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From Citizen to Refugee

From Citizen to Refugee Uganda Asians come to Britain
Mahmood Mamdani
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African Awakening

African Awakening The Emerging Revolutions
The tumultuous uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya have seized the attention of media but what about the rest of Africa? With incisive contributions from across the continent, "African Awakening" presents the 2011 uprisings in their African context.
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Demystifying Aid

Yash Tandon

Demystifying Aid This pamphlet from Pambazuka Press shows that 'development aid' is not what it purports to be - the effects of actions of well-meaning allies in the North who support aid to Africa for reasons of ethics or solidarity are, unfortunately, the opposite of their good intentions.
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As greedy eyes focus on the global South's resources this book 'pulls back the curtain on disturbing technological and corporate trends that are already reshaping our world and that will become crucial battlegrounds for civil society in the years ahead.
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AU MONITOR

This site has been established by Fahamu to provide regular feedback to African civil society organisations on what is happening with the African Union.

Perspectives on Emerging Powers in Africa: December 2011 newsletter

Deborah Brautigam provides an overview and description of China's development finance to Africa. "Looking at the nature of Chinese development aid - and non-aid - to Africa provides insights into China's strategic approach to outward investment and economic diplomacy, even if exact figures and strategies are not easily ascertained", she states as she describes China's provision of grants, zero-interest loans and concessional loans. Pambazuka Press recently released a publication titled India in Africa: Changing Geographies of Power, and Oliver Stuenkel provides his review of the book.
The December edition available here.

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PODCAST ARCHIVES - 2006

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Sudanese women’s movements and the conflict in Darfur

19th December 2006

Safaa Elagib AdamSafaa 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 PrahProfessor 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

Pambazuka NewsMpho 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

Pambazuka NewsProminent 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 NewsPambazuka 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

Pambazuka NewsIn 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

Pambazuka NewsIn 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

Pambazuka NewsIn 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

Tajudeen Adbul-RaheemIn 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

Pambazuka NewsEtienne 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-RaheemTajudeen 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

Marcelo CalazansIn 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

Tajudeen Adbul-RaheemIn 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

Sizani NgubaneIn 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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PODCAST ARCHIVES

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HIVOSThe broadcasts on trade and justice were developed with the kind support of HIVOS Netherlands.

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