Anyone who’s a writer will tell you it does have advantages but can be tough. For many, the challenges are nearly insurmountable. Whether an…
By Pankaj Mishra The idea of the global novel can obscure the many ways in which African and Asian writers still grapple with the…
Achille Mbembe, d’origine camerounaise, vit entre l’Afrique du Sud, où il enseigne l’histoire et la science politique à l’Université du Witwatersrand de Johannesburg, et…
La première séance du séminaire “Actualité de la philosophie et des sciences sociales” aura lieu le mercredi 16 octobre 2013. L’invité sera Achille Mbembe à l’occasion…
Sankie Maimo, one of the foremost English speaking writers in Cameroon, has died. He died on September 4, 2013 at the St. Elisabeth hospital…
Brazilian funk star Anitta sparks new debate about skin whitening and race Anti-discrimination campaigners say singer appears paler since signing record deal Jonathan Watts,…
Apr 27th 2013 | BEIJING |From the print edition ALTHOUGH it is the weekend, a small factory in the Haidian district of Beijing is…
By Syed Tashfin Chowdhury SAVAR, Bangladesh – Around 3:30pm on April 24, the off-white floors of Enam Medical College and Hospital in Savar, on…
By Mark Doyle BBC International Development Correspondent Analysis of cash flows by Hong Kong-based Ghanaian academic Adams Bodomo shows that Africans living outside the…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel may be the dominant force in the eurozone but the Bundesbank, Germany’s powerful central bank, is the power behind the…