Altourism – Where Altruism Meets Adventure
Post Kony fall-out fatigue? Relax, pack a bag and take a break in other peoples misery with Paula Akugizibwe’s subversive satire on how inequality, poverty and violence are repackaged into the corporate souvenir experience. Travel writing in its most hilarious, poignant, and consequential form. Call for Applications Does your heart bleed for the world’s poor, exploited, […]
Laugh it Off
From: “Mandisi Majavu” To: chimurenga@panafrican.co.za Subject: laugh it off/young capitalists/samething? Below is an interview with Justin Nurse (founder of Laugh It Off). I wrote to him a few months ago, asking Nurse to clarify a few contradictions…, and also with an aim of trying to find out more about his company – meaning what they […]
The Power of Wikipedia: Legitimacy and Control
The most astonishing global source of knowledge has the power to act like a brand new nation. Then why does it behave like an old one? In this hard-hitting account of Wikipedia from the ‘South’, Iolanda Pensa pulls no punches. 1. This is Wikipedia © Maha Maamoun, Going Places: A Project for Public Busses, Le Caire, […]
The First Lady Syndrome
Mama Chantal Biya Yves Mintoogue* traces the nepotism and political patronage that are the weave in the wig of Chantal “Chantou” Biya, who is widely regarded for her philanthropy and humanitarian and social work around Aids, but is first and foremost the high-profile half of the predatory presidential couple of the Republic of Cameroon *Translation […]
Manufacturing the post-election peace: A reporter’s 2013 election diary
Parselelo Kantai watches as NGOs, the media and the state rally together to stage a peaceful takeover of power in Kenya. The top priority of the recent elections, he observes, was not a faithful determination of the will of the people, but the maintenance of peace and stability. An exchange of pall-bearers 9 […]