We must say that it is a great achievement, 500th issue and 10 years of Pambazuka News.

Being a publication coming from and mainly based in Africa, Pambazuka News has been offering us the perspectives from the Continent which is very much helpful for us, especially Chinese scholars who seldom have chances to visit Africa, to know better and understand deeper about the current situation in Africa and many debatable and international concerned issues.

Sincerely hope that Pambazuka News will have a more bright future in the next 10 years and we will continue to be her faithful readers as we used to be!

* Dr He Wenping is director of African Studies at the Institute of Western Asian and African Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.