Sicily, Italy – “Hey Rasta!” a man calls across the street, the latest passer-by to greet their young neighbour outside his house. With long dreadlocks falling over his blue pyjamas, Italian Read More..
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The Politics of Circumcision in South Africa
Every year hundreds of young men and boys die at initiation schools from botched circumcisions, assault or dehydration, yet government, traditional and “cultural” authorities have done very little to intervene. Read More..
DRC Bans Documentary On Rape By Militia, Army
The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday banned a documentary on a gynaecologist helping women raped during armed conflict, saying it contained “unfounded accusations” against the Read More..
Mass Migration Deaths Caused by Imperialist Foreign Policy
There was yet another gruesome discovery of more than 70 dead migrants in Austria, on a highway between Budapest and Vienna where thousands are seeking refuge. These deaths compounded approximately Read More..
Africa mourns Senegalese Master Drummer Doudou N’diaye Rose
Doudou N’diaye Rose, born Mamadou N’diaye, was a Senegalese modern master drummer and renowned exponent of the sabar –Senegal’s traditional drum uniquely played with one hand and one stick. N’diaye Read More..