“Sometimes an editor just knows when he comes across a book that needs to be published” were the words that publisher Robert L. Giron said recently when asked about the new release entitled Literatures of the African Diaspora by Yemi D. Ogunyemi. What makes Literatures of the African Diaspora special is Dr. Ogunyemi’s premise for the book and the manner in which he presents his case that all literatures of the world can find their root in the literatures of Africa in some form or another. In ...read more

* Opening March 12th - Lost Boys of Sudan
* Opening March 26th - James' Journey to Jerusalem

The Black Media Network (BMN) was co-founded in 2002 by cyberNomads and ISD Berlin e.V. to address the misrepresentation of minorities in the media and the stereotypical use of images of people of African descent, but also to increase the number of voices and debates concerned with positive change in a multi-cultural society.

Eleven international and African organisations and networks called on the new Pan-African Parliament to set an ambitious agenda as it was inaugurated in Addis Ababa. The organisations, including the African Women's Empowerment Network, Eastern African Sub-regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women, FEMNET, PADEAP, Pan African Movement, Fahamu learning for Change, Fahamu SA Trust, MWENGO, Justice Africa and Oxfam GB, called on the new Parliament to embrace improving governance, ...read more

Imagine an Africa free from conflict, developing rapidly through an equitable and sustainable relationship with the rest of the world. In this Africa there is an entrenched culture of respect for human rights. Populations are healthy and governed by fair, transparent and accountable governments. This is the vision, but African parliamentarians gathered in Addis Ababa this week will be only too aware of the steep slope the continent faces in overcoming its many challenges so that all its peopl...read more

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