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Experiments with Peace cover Experiments with Peace
A Book Celebrating Peace at Johan Galtung's 80th Anniversary

In honour of Johan Galtung at 80, 'Experiments with Peace' features forewords by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Narayan Desai, along with chapters from 34 other leading contributors in celebration of peace and non-violent struggles for justice and the peaceful resolution of conflict.

A copy of the book's brochure is also available to download [pdf].

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Africa's Liberation cover Africa's Liberation
The Legacy of Nyerere
Chambi Chachage
& Annar Cassam (eds)


Following on from Pambazuka News's special issue on former Tanzanian president and pan-Africanist icon Julius Nyerere, 'Africa's Liberation: The Legacy of Nyerere' explores his influence on contemporary Pan-Africanism.

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Speaking Truth to Power cover Speaking Truth to Power: Selected Pan-African Postcards
Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem

Compiled by Ama Biney and Adebayo Olukoshi

Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem's death on African Liberation Day stunned the Pan-African world. This selection of his Pan-African Postcards demonstrates the brilliant wordsmith he was, his commitment to Pan-Africanism and his determination to speak truth to power.

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Pambazuka broadcasts feature audio and video content with cutting edge commentary and debate from social justice movements across the continent.

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Publications

Fahamu would like to announce the launch of its new Fahamu Books website at http://www.fahamubooks.org. Fahamu Books publishes a growing list of book titles on human rights, social justice, politics and advocacy in Africa, written by well-known African academics, public intellectuals and activists.

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Special reports

Fahamu produces a series of special reports, some of which are published in Pambazuka News, and some of which are made available as separate downloadable documents from this website.

These documents are provided without charge. Please make a donation to enable us to continue to publish these papers. You can make a donation at http://www.securegiving.co.uk/donate_to/fahamu.html

1. Special issue on Rwanda

1 April 2004

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2. Unfinished business - African leaders must act now to ratify the protocol on the rights of women

24 June 2004

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3. The International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Africa: A ‘disastrous’ record

23 September 2004

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4. Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa: A pre-condition for health and food security

20 January 2005

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5. Special Issue on Debt and Africa

10 March 2005

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6. Protocol on the Rights of Women in red, yellow and green

30 June 2005

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7. Focus on G8: Make looting history

7 July 2005

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8. Economic Partnership Agreements: territorial conquest by economic means?

21 July 2005

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9. Aid dependence and the MDGs

8 September 2005

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10. Women’s Rights Protocol: Challenges of Domestication

22 September 2005

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11. WTO Special issue: Will Africa stand firm in Hong Kong?

8 December 2005

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12. Alternatives to neo-liberalism

15 December 2005

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13. Globalisation, trade and justice: special issue

2 February 2006

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14. The silences in the NGO discourse: the role and future of NGOs in Africa

A paper by Issa G Shivji

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15. Globalisation, trade and justice: focus on human rights

1 June 2006

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Editorials from Pambazuka News 2004

Edited by Firoze Manji & Patrick Burnett

This timely book provides an African perspective on development and social justice in Africa, something which rarely finds expression in the mainstream Northern media. The book is a collection of the 2004 editorials of Pambazuka News, and its 46 contributors include such distinguished African intellectuals and activists as Demba Moussa Dembele, Mahmood Mamdani, Adebayo Olukoshi, Kewsi Kwaa Prah, Brian Raftopoulos, Pierre Sané and Ernest Wamba dia Wamba.

You may download chapters from the book below, in pdf format.
CHAPTER 1 Africa and the Process of ‘Undevelopment’
CHAPTER 2 Remembering Rwanda
CHAPTER 3 Joining Hands: Regional Integration in Southern Africa
CHAPTER 4 Not Yet a Force for Freedom: the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa
CHAPTER 5 Resource Exploitation in Nigeria
CHAPTER 6 Discussing the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Heart of Africa
CHAPTER 7 An ‘Unhappy Birthday’: the World Bank and International Monetary Fund Turn 60
CHAPTER 8 The Road Home for Africa’s Refugees
CHAPTER 9 Four Years Down the Road in Zimbabwe
CHAPTER 10 Naming the Darfur Genocide

ISSN 1753-6839 Pambazuka News English Edition http://www.pambazuka.org/en/

ISSN 1753-6847 Pambazuka News en Français http://www.pambazuka.org/fr/

ISSN 1757-6504 Pambazuka News em Português http://www.pambazuka.org/pt/

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