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FEATURES: Ayesha M Imam begins a series of articles on women's rights and Islam by considering women’s reproductive and sexual rights within Muslim Nigeria
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:
- Marywam Uwais argues that Islam and women’s rights are compatible
- Dr. Muhammad Tawfiq Ladan states that a significant relationship exists between the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa and Sharia
- Islam and women’s rights are not mutually exclusive, writes Karoline Kemp
- Nyaradzai Mugaragumbo-Gumbonzvanda pays tribute to the heroines of the African continent
LETTERS: China in Africa, Corruption in Kenya, elections in South Africa
PAN-AFRICAN POSTCARD: Everyday should be women’s day, says Tajudeen Abdul Raheem
OBITUARY: Remembering John la Rose
BLOGGING AFRICA: African bloggers honour women
CONFLICT AND EMERGENCIES: Behind the numbers in the DRC
HUMAN RIGHTS: Truth, reconciliation and an end to impunity in Liberia
REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION: Searching for opportunities at home and abroad in Ghana
WOMEN AND GENDER: Lowly news status of women continues, study shows
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: Besigye acquitted in Uganda, vows to fight on
DEVELOPMENT: A critique of the MDGs from the South
CORRUPTION: The cancer of corruption in Africa
HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS: Ignore the World Bank, government minister says
EDUCATION: West African cities jammed with jobless graduates
ENVIRONMENT: Africa can’t afford more bad hydro
MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Activists condemn North African curbs on the internet
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In addition to its Oscar, Bafta and Golden Globe nominations, Tsotsi has already won numerous awards including: Audience Award, LA Art Film Festival; People’s Choice Award, Toronto International Film Festival; Audience Award, Edinburgh International Film Festival; Audience Award, Denver International Film Festival; Greek Parliament Award, Thessaloniki Film Festival.

Screening takes place on Friday 10th March at 8pm
At Magdalen College Auditorium (Longwall St entrance), Oxford
Entry £5 (£3 concessions)
Proceeds to Fahamu’s programme in South Africa

The winners of tickets to the screening of Tsotsi are:

Isaria Mwende
Philip Jusu
Musukoroh Kandeh
Mohamed Berray