Baba John Watusi Branch becomes an Ancestor

Contributor
Jan 08, 2014

Baba John Watusi Branch was and is the spiritual embodiment of an African with profound love, an authentic legacy and an uncompromising loyalty to African people

Regional Activism & Youth Coordinator

Amnesty International
Nov 21, 2013
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For 50 years, we’ve been campaigning for human rights wherever justice, freedom and truth are denied. We’ve reshaped policies, challenged governments and taken corporations to task. In doing so, we’ve changed thousands of lives for the better. Join Amnesty at our new Secretariat office in Johannesburg and you will too.

National Conference on Nigeria: ‘the fierce urgency of now’

Chido Onumah
Nov 27, 2013

A genuine national conference to discuss how to move Nigeria forward is not a silver bullet, but it must also tackle the structures that allow for corruption, abuse of office and impunity to thrive in Nigeria

Nigeria

Call for articles: Amilcar Cabral

Contributor
Nov 06, 2013

Pambazuka News seeks to commemorate 41 years since the death of this important African political thinker. The Editors invite articles for a special issue on his life and work

Commemorating the life of Leslie Sacks

Leslie Sacks Fine Art
Oct 30, 2013

While studying at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, Sacks became a leading figure in human rights activism, fighting against apartheid and demonstrating his support for the Johannesburg Jewish community

Volunteer as a Portuguese-English translator for Pambazuka News

Contributor
Oct 30, 2013

Dear readers,

Pambazuka News receives important and interesting articles in Portuguese, which we publish in the Portuguese edition of the magazine. But we believe these articles should also reach our English-speaking readers, hence the need for translation.

We are urgently inviting volunteer translators to join our team.

If you enjoy reading Pambazuka News, this is your opportunity to support the magazine by volunteering as a Portuguese to English translator. Your help wi...read more

Call for contributions to [email protected]

Coalition of African Lesbians
Oct 31, 2013

The Coalition of African Lesbians [CAL] invites all our members, partners and friends to submit contributions for a publication celebrating ten years of collective feminist resistance, resilience, revolution and power as lesbian and bisexual women and trans-diverse people across Africa through our association with CAL at various times and in different spaces of our movement.

Kenya @50: The need for a new social contract

Abdullahi Boru Halakhe
Oct 17, 2013

Since the advent of the ‘second liberation’ a decade ago, the ground seems to have shifted for three key players in Kenya’s political scene: the media, civil society and Western donor nations. Global realities have changed as well, and so these three need to re-evaluate their role going forward

Kenya

Jessica Huntley, 23 February 1927 - 13 October 2013

Contributor
Oct 17, 2013

Friends of the Huntley Archives at LMA (FHALMA) are sad to announce the death of Jessica Huntley on Sunday, 13 October 2013, at the age of 86.

Herman Wallace: Veteran Black Panther, Political Prisoner, Freedom Fighter

Abayomi Azikiwe
Oct 10, 2013

The injustice of the Angola 3 is not an isolated situation. There are many political prisoners being held in prisons inside the U.S, despite repeated government denials

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