Nelson Mandela: Twenty years of freedom

Contributor
Feb 04, 2010

11 February 2009 is the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's release from prison. Tell us about what this historical event meant to you and what it means for you today. Send a paragraph or more about your thoughts to . We'll publish a selection in the next issue of Pambazuka News.

Howard Zinn: A tribute to the legendary historian with Noam Chomsky, Alice Walker, Naomi Klein and Anthony Arnove

Democracy Now
Feb 04, 2010

In this , historian, writer and activist, Democracy Now speaks with ‘those who knew him best: Noam Chomsky, Alice Walker, Naomi Klein and Anthony Arnove’. This is a video interview and includes a full rush transcript. Howard Zinn’s classic work

Howard Zinn: A true American hero

Staff and Board at the Oakland Institute
Feb 04, 2010

Howard Zinn, social activist, historian and playwright, passed away at the age of 87, on 27 January 2010. The Oakland Institute remembers him: ‘the world has not only lost a legendary historian but an individual, whose commitment to social and economic justice, peace and internationalism, and passion for telling the truth, can be matched by few others… Indeed the world has lost one of its best teachers.’

South Africa: SASA 2010 call for papers

Contributor
Feb 04, 2010

This is a call for the forthcoming South African Sociological Association (SASA) Congress, hosted by the University of Fort Hare, 13-16 June, in East London. Papers should be related to the theme is “Sport, Leisure, and Development in the 21st century: Opportunities and Challenges”; however, if you have a paper idea that doesn’t exactly fit, please go ahead and submit it to me or one of the other working group conveners. If your abstract is accepted we WILL find a space for it.

South Africa

Swaziland: Dreams of free education deferred

Contributor
Jan 29, 2010

Ten-year-old Tembuso Magagula sat outside her classroom with her shoulders hunched against the cold today, tears streaming from her eyes. Her long-awaited first day of school had turned into a nightmare. Magagula expected to start grade one this year - four years late - as a beneficiary of the Free Primary Education programme which started on Jan. 26 in all public schools.

Swaziland

Ethiopia: Conference to tackle sexuality

Contributor
Jan 29, 2010

Gender based violence, sexual orientation, gender equality and sexuality of people living with HIV/AIDS will be issues discussed at the upcoming Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights, 8-12 February in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This fourth conference is expected to open up discourse about sexuality in Africa and to source possible insights of reducing the spread of HIV and Aids in Africa.

Ethiopia

Doubts on the veracity of Mutsinzi report

René Lemarchand
Jan 28, 2010

Anyone familiar with the basic provisions of the Arusha accords of 18 August 1992 is impelled to call into question , writes René Lemarchand.

UNICEF - GPIA 2010 International Conference

Contributor
Jan 28, 2010

UNICEF and the Graduate Program in International Affairs (GPIA) at The New School will host an international conference on adolescent girls in April 2010. With an emphasis on reviewing existing evidence and policies, the conference will focus on the role and potential agency of adolescent girls in meeting emerging global challenges.

Howard Zinn, activist historian

Shailja Patel
Jan 29, 2010

Howard Zinn, 87, an activist historian whose 'People's History of the United States' resurrected neglected stories of the country's past and became a surprise bestseller in the 1980s and beyond, died of a heart attack on 27 January in Santa Monica, California, where he was on a speaking tour.

CODESRIA Small grants programme for thesis writing 2010

Contributor
Jan 29, 2010

The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is pleased to announce the eighteenth competition under its Small Grants Programme for Thesis Writing. The grants are designed to contribute to the development of the social sciences in Africa, and the continuous renewal and strengthening of research capacities in African universities through the funding of primary research conducted by post-graduate students and professionals.

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