Volume 8, Issue 2, 2011
Volume 8, Issue 2, 2011 (18)
Wednesday, 02 November 2011
Self-reliance in the age of globalisation: make dinner or become dinner
Whatever one might have to say about the shortcomings of the post independence governments in Africa - whether of the first or second waves - whatever we might think about the shortcomings of some of…
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Cover Story
Wednesday, 02 November 2011
Sankara 20 years later: A tribute to integrity
Blaise Compaoré and Françafrique killed Thomas Sankara in the belief that they could extinguish the example he set for African youth and progressive forces across the continent. They could not have been more wrong. One…
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Cover Story
Wednesday, 02 November 2011
Organizing the Working Poor
Recent decades have witnessed a major shift in power from labour to capital. This is reflected above all in the growing concentration of incomes and wealth in most countries in the world. The number of…
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Cover Story
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Who Are We? And are minorities included
In this regular column, a teacher, writer and media personality starts from personal anecdote to present and outsider's reflections on the experiences of a different community. The views expressed here are entirely his own. Website:…
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Regular Columns
Monday, 17 October 2011
Cover Story - Arusha Declaration
AZIMIO LA ARUSHA ya FEBRUARI 1967The Arusha Declaration was a unique and practical way of implementing the equality of all human beings and liberating the African person. In the region and possibly in Africa, Mwalimu…
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Monday, 17 October 2011
The Mutunga Cultural Stud: Sacred, Sexual And Ancestral Concerns
The nomination of Dr. Willy Mutunga for the position of Chief Justice of Kenya has generated intense debate touching on the interplay between religion and sexuality. The trigger, of course, was the stud that Willy…
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Cover Story
Monday, 17 October 2011
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) - 150th year celebration
Rabindranath Tagore is one of India’s most celebrated personalities. During his eventful life of eight decades he won international acclaim as a playwright, poet, song writer, novelist, educator, philosopher and humanist.He wrote his first drama…
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Monday, 17 October 2011
Say little, Work hard and Be Young Forever!
Even though East Africa’s youth may not even be aware of Nyerere’s Arusha Declaration, the concept of self-reliance is one that is at the forefront of their lives At independence young people had the opportunity…
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Monday, 17 October 2011
How real or desirable is ‘self-reliance’ in the art world?
My premise is this: seeking to be self-reliant in any branch of the arts in the modern marketplace may be laudable - but it is a false virtue. That said, let’s take a quick look…
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Monday, 17 October 2011
Creating self reliant mechanisms to managing conflicts, interethnic and racial tensions in Kenya.
Ethnic (previously referred to as communal) and racial tensions have existed in Kenya prior to independence. After independence the process of ‘reconstruction’ also known as ‘Africanisation’ began. It meant transfer of political power and influence…
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