On Monday 29 December 2007, as the full import of the detestable electioneering, acrimonious elections, contested election results, the furtive, evening 'swearing in', the accompanying media clampdown and the rumblings of all-out war were tumbling down upon us, I was in Nairobi, receiving a flurr

For all intents and purposes, and for a day like that the night was still young. It was just after 11 o’clock and we had just finished attending the official opening of the Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) and we walked down to Forodhani to have dinner on the streets.

A good friend in New York City from Latin American circles, then a good friend from African solidarity circles based in Toronto, asked me to write something about Giovanni Arrighi, who died of cancer on June 18, 2009.

It is with great sadness that I report that Giovanni Arrighi passed
peacefully yesterday morning in Baltimore (Thursday June 18, 2009), with his
partner Beverly Silver, and his son, Andrea, at his side.