Pambazuka News 595: The state, private sector and market failures

A personal account of the complexity of identity and the challenges of living with the differing assumptions and perceptions of others.

Government investment, rather than privatisation or international aid, offers the best solution for water services in Ghana.

Successive Somali governments have not accounted for nearly $238 million, the bulk of which constituted bilateral assistance, according to an audit report made available exclusively to the East African.

Drum Rider, by Shailja Patel, a tribute to Zanzibari musical legend Bi Kidude, was first published in Pambazuka News. Patel's performance of Drum Rider at the recent TED global talent search brought a Vancouver audience to its feet, and is being avidly shared across the internet. Watch at:

Pan-Africanism is at the heart of the continent’s total liberation. Tajudeen, and all other Pan-Africanists, understood that without this, the restoration of the freedom, values and dignity of Africa’s people is impossible.

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