The colour of the sky
CAMEROON: A group of children carve out their own worlds amid the dangers of armed conflict.
Cameroon
Muslim elites, exercise of power, and terror
AFRICA: What can a book say about Boko Haram or the porous border between present-day Cameroon and present-day Chad? Or about the pre-colonial Kingdom of Kanem-Bornu?
It is «you whites» who created «us blacks»
AFRICA: It is false to strive for justice «at home» while constantly exploiting «over there», writes one of the contributors in a new anthology.
Colonial voyeurism revisited
COLONIALISM: It is hard to tell if the archival documentary African Mirror is a rehabilitation of a colonial mind, a critique of colonialism or a piece of essayistic nostalgia over the colonial gaze. Probably it is a mix, and as such, nothing new.
Politics, spirituality, and religion under the African sun
AFRICA:: Religion gets too much room in analysis of African conflicts, states state scientist Jean-François Bayart.
Elite liberalism + mass nationalism = true
GLOBALISATION: For political scientist Jean François Bayart, globalisation and the development of national identity are complementary processes.