Kilombo was set up in the UK in 1997 by African anti-IMF (International Monetary Fund) activists forced into exile in the 1980s. However, when they arrived in the West they found that little or nothing was known about the fierce struggles waged by the African street in opposition to the IMF's structural adjustment policies. This resistance, ruthlessly repressed in large parts of the continent, received little media coverage outside Africa. Kilombo was set up partly to address the lack of repo...read more
Kilombo was set up in the UK in 1997 by African anti-IMF (International Monetary Fund) activists forced into exile in the 1980s. However, when they arrived in the West they found that little or nothing was known about the fierce struggles waged by the African street in opposition to the IMF's structural adjustment policies. This resistance, ruthlessly repressed in large parts of the continent, received little media coverage outside Africa. Kilombo was set up partly to address the lack of reporting of Africa's home-grown struggles for social justice, and partly to provide an independent alternative to the myths and misinformation that pass as news about Africa.
