Governance

Queen-mother Idia, Benin, Nigeria, now in Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin, Germany.

We read with great interest a report about the exhibition of Ife art in Swedish National Museums for World Culture, starting 6 September, 2013 for eight months. (1)

At the recent Neville Alexander Memorial Conference, Pallo Jordan, a prominent member of the African National Congress (ANC), presented the keynote address entitled ‘Waiting for October’.

ABSTRACT

America and Britain invaded Iraq in 2003 by spreading false propaganda that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction such as chemical and nuclear weapons and murdered Saddam Hussein through this fraudulently fabricated “crime.” 2013 is the 10th anniversary of the invasion and occupation of Iraq

“We have to make sure that economically we’re free, and part of that is the whole idea of economic democracy.

One of the lasting images of media coverage of the last election is arguably that of NTV reporter/presenter Larry Madowo. On Election Day, March 4, Madowo started off with a live report at a polling station in Nairobi. After a short while, he was back up on TV reporting from Garissa Town.

Telenovelas, the Latin American version of soap operas, are distinct for their strong ties to the culture and society of their country of production. To their local audiences, they function as a means of cultural expression.

A few months ago, unsurprisingly ignored by other media outlets, the Mail & Guardian (M&G) did a facelift by changing the guard. Without much media hype, Nic Dawes, outgoing editor-in-chief of Mail & Guardian, was replaced with the papers outgoing online editor, Chris Roper.

Hubaal, Somaliland's critical and much-beleaguered daily newspaper, is back on newsstands after a presidential pardon last week. The paper was shuttered on orders of the attorney general in June without explanation.