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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 538: SCAMS, THEFT AND INVASIONS The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Comment & analysis, 3. Advocacy & campaigns, 4. Pan-African Postcard, 5. Obituaries, 6. Books & arts, 7. African Writers’ Corner, 8. Highlights French edition, 9. Cartoons /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 1 Features THE GREAT BILLION DOLLAR DRUG SCAM Khadija Sharife The pharmaceutical industry uses dirty tricks to maximise profits at any cost, hurting sick people and taxpayers. Khadija Sharife examines the methods used by multinational drug corporations to control markets – and lives. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/74705 ****** MANNING MARABLE AND THE MALCOLM X BIOGRAPHY CONTROVERSY A response to critics Bill Fletcher, Jr Despite the overwhelmingly positive response to the late Manning Marable’s ‘Malcolm X: A life of reinvention’, within days its publication, the book ignited ‘a firestorm in some quarters of the Black Freedom Movement’. Bill Fletcher Jr examines the controversies around the biography. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/74730 ****** EDWARD WILMOT BLYDEN, GRANDFATHER OF AFRICAN LIBERATION Cameron Duodu While George Padmore is well known as the ‘father of African emancipation’, Cameron Duodu reminds us of the life and ideas of Edward Wilmot Blyden, ‘the grandfather of African emancipation’. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/74617 ****** SUDAN: INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND THREATS TO PEACE ARE MOUNTING RAPIDLY Eric Reeves ‘After so many years of work on Sudan, I thought myself fully braced for the worst the National Islamic Front/National Congress Party regime might do. As so often before, I was wrong. The litany of egregious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law over the past five weeks is simply overwhelming---in South Kordofan, in Abyei, but in other areas along the North/South border as well.’ Eric Reeves provides an overview of the situation. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/74713 ****** UNDERSTANDING LAND INVESTMENT DEALS IN AFRICA Nile Trading and Development, Inc. in South Sudan The Oakland Institute The Oakland Institute takes a closer look at South Sudan’s largest land deal to date – the granting of a 49-year lease of 600,000 hectares of land to US-based firm Nile Trading and Development Inc (NTD) by the shadowy Mukaya Payam Cooperative in March 2008. For a sum equivalent to around US$25,000, NTD has full rights to exploit all natural resources in the leased land during this period. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/74664 ****** MONSANTO IN HAITI Beverly Bell Last spring, Haiti’s minister of agriculture gave agribusiness giant Monsanto permission to ‘donate’ 505 tonnes of seeds to Haiti ‘to support the reconstruction effort’. A year later, Beverly Bell asks what has become of the seeds that Monsanto gave, and ‘how real was the fear of Haitian farmer organizations that the donation was a Trojan horse?’ http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/74645 ****** NATO IS AN OUTLAW, THE ICC IS ITS ACCOMPLICE Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey Despite the contravening of at least 11 stipulations of international law, the International Criminal Court continues to turn a blind eye to NATO’s activities in Libya, making a mockery of its supposed status as an unbiased arbiter, writes Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/74631 ****** THE PEACE AND JUSTICE MOVEMENT AND THE NATO BOMBING OF LIBYA The need for clarity on the AU roadmap for peace Horace Campbell Those within the peace and justice movement seeking an end to NATO’s illegal bombing of Libya must also be careful not to extend misplaced support for dictators, writes Horace Campbell. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/74716 ****** UNPACKAGING THE LGBTI COMMUNITIES Audrey Mbugua Being rooted in sexuality rather than gender, the issues of lesbian, gay and bisexual people are completely different from those of transgender people, writes Audrey Mbugua. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/74658 ****** UGANDA: GAY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS Doreen Lwanga Doreen Lwanga describes a debate with Ugandan members of parliament in which many of the myths around homosexuality were evident. 'Gays are humans and as such, deserving of humane recognition and respect,' she writes. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/74619 ****** CRY WOMAN CRY, CRY BELOVED ZIMBABWE! Grace Kwinjeh When Zimbabwe’s political temperature rises, women and children are the most vulnerable, writes Grace Kwinjeh. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/74717 ****** BURKINA FASO AFTER THE RECENT SOCIO-POLITICAL SHOCKS Paul Kéré The recent political upheaval in Burkina Faso demonstrates the fragility of peace, writes Paul Kéré, with the country facing numerous challenges around ensuring affordable staple foods, public health, its economy and the handover of power. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/74704 ****** AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION: ONLY IN OUR HANDS Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe Social progress and transformation in Africa will be driven by the continent’s people themselves, writes Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe. Africa remains a net exporter of capital to the Western world, just as the remittances provided by Africans abroad far outweigh the ‘aid’ the continent receives, Ekwe-Ekwe underlines. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/74712 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 2 Comment & analysis DIGITAL TONGUES: AFRICANS IN CONVERSATION Tendai Marima ‘Digital Tongues’ is a series of conversations with four Africans from across the continent, hosted by Zimbabwean Tendai Marima. This week’s discussion focuses on African politicians and social media and nationalism and identity. Readers are invited to participate in the dialogue by posting a comment on the story. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/74633 ****** BLACKS DIDN'T NEED WORLD CUP Andile Mngxitama Set the cost of the Fifa World Cup against South Africa’s development needs, and ‘you can't but conclude that we didn't need it, nor could we afford it. So why did we go all out to host such an unnecessary event?’ asks Andile Mngxitama. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/74714 ****** ANOTHER LOOK AT THE NIGER DELTA AMNESTY PROGRAMME Uche Igwe While the Niger Delta amnesty could be seen as a ‘modest success’, writes Uche Igwe, it is now time to direct resources towards the pursuit of ‘verifiable physical development in the region’. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/74709 ****** NATIONAL ANTHEM FOR THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN July 9 is Independence Day in the Republic of South Sudan. Below are the words of the country’s new national anthem, which you can also listen to here ( http://bit.ly/pImAqK ) [mp3]. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/74724 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 3 Advocacy & campaigns MOUCTAR DIALLO HELD INCOMMUNICADO BY GAMBIAN AUTHORITIES Benedicte Bakkeskau Mouctar Diallo is a graduate student in Political Science and Anthropology/Sociology at the American University in Cairo and a Guinean National. He was arrested on April 30, 2011, three days after arriving in the Gambia to continue anthropological research he had begun in the Gambia the previous semester and had continued in his home country of Guinea. He spent over a week being questioned in jail and then was effectively under house arrest until June 28th, when the Gambian National Intelligence Agency (NIA) called him in again for questioning and told him they were making a case to prosecute him as a terrorist. They accused him of spreading Egyptian revolutionary ideas to Gambia. Since then, no one has been able to reach him. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/74729 ****** ANGOLAN ACTIVIST ARBITRARILY DETAINED IN DR CONGO Amnesty International Agostinho Chicaia – an Angolan human rights activist arbitrarily detained without charge in the Democratic Republic of Congo for more than two weeks – must be released immediately, Amnesty International has said. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/74715 ****** PEOPLES' MOVEMENT DEMANDS A STOP TO GMO FOOD IMPORTS Bunge la Mwananchi Bunge la Mwananchi demands the recognition of organic agriculture and other agro-ecological farming practices in Kenya’s agriculture policies and practices. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/74624 ****** NO TO WORLD BANK ROLE IN THE GREEN CLIMATE FUND The 'World Bank Out of Climate Finance' campaign calls on readers to send emails via http://www.worldbankoutofclimate.org/ urging the Transitional Committee of the UNFCCC to keep the World Bank out of the green climate fund. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/74718 ****** MUNICIPAL SECURITY AND SHACKDWELLERS CLASH IN KENNEDY ROAD SETTLEMENT Abahlali baseMjondolo This morning Municipal Security Guards arrived at the Kennedy Road shack settlement and began disconnecting people from electricity. The community had previously negotiated an understanding with the Municipality that they would not send their security guards into the settlement to disconnect. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/74623 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 4 Pan-African Postcard THIS THING TOLERANCE H. Nanjala Nyabola Last year’s backlash against homosexuals in Malawi and Uganda is ‘cause for great concern’, but it shouldn’t be taken as ‘as evidence of the apparently enduring homophobia of African people in general’, argues H. Nanjala Nyabola. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/panafrican/74708 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 5 Obituaries CYNTHIA SALVADORI, A TRIBUTE Neera Kapur-Dromson Neera Kapur-Dromson pays tribute to Cynthia Salvadori, who wrote extensively about the peoples and culture of Kenya. 'Cynthia never got the full recognition that she deserved, yet she left us an invaluable legacy with treasures of well researched and documented works. We in Kenya remain indebted to her generosity,' she writes. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/obituary/74707 ****** TWO SOUTH AFRICAN ENEMIES DIE, ALONGSIDE OUR RIGHT TO WATER Patrick Bond Two deaths recently marked the South African political landscape - one of a well-known former government minister, the other of a community organiser. When it came to water, the two were on opposite sides of the political battle lines: Kader Asmal implemented a commericalised water policy while Thulisile Christina Manqele fought against that policy. Both leave a legacy, writes Patrick Bond. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/obituary/74618 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 6 Books & arts ART, LITERATURE AND ‘THE WHOLE AFRICA THING’ Sokari Ekine Newly discovered Nigerian-Ghanaian writer Taiye Selasi, Kenya’s Binyavanga Wainaina and Congolese filmmaker Léandre-Alain Baker are among the artists whose work is discussed in this week’s review of African blogs, compiled by Sokari Ekine. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/74621 ****** THE MILITANT INTELLECTION COMPLEX... A conversation with Pius Adesanmi Pius Adesanmi In this interview with African Writing ( http://african-writing.com/eleven/PIUS ADESANMI.htm ) , Pius Adesanmi speaks about the role of academia, politics, aid, football and his new book, ‘You are Not a Country, Africa’ ( http://www.penguinbooks.co.za/book/9780143527541/ ) , the inaugural winner of the Penguin Prize for African Writing. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/74703 ****** THE BURDEN OF BEING BLACK Review of Ojo-Ade’s 'Aimé Césaire’s African Theater: Of Poets, Prophets and Politicians' Peter Wuteh Vakunta Femi Ojo-Ade’s study of Césaire’s four plays is ‘a celebration of black consciousness’, writes Peter Wuteh Vakunta in a review of Ojo-Ade’s 'Aimé Césaire’s African Theater: Of Poets, Prophets and Politicians'. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/74622 ****** RECOUNTING MIGRATION Political Narratives of Congolese Young People in Uganda Christina R. Clark-Kazak Former international aid worker Christina Clark-Kazak uses extensive interviews done in Kampala and Kyaka II refugee settlement, Uganda, to present the narratives of 10 young people living as refugees. Their accounts reveal both political awareness and individual agency in everyday and extraordinary circumstances. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/74710 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 7 African Writers’ Corner VERSE FOR NYIGINYA to the people of Rwanda Natty Mark Samuels I hear you talking of genocide and gorillas. But there is more than that to Rwandan history. In telling you of Rwanda, come with me into the 17th century... http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/African_Writers/74711 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 8 Highlights French edition PAMBAZUKA NEWS 196: SENEGAL: NEW CHALLENGES FOLLOWING 23 JUNE PROTESTS SENEGAL: 23 JUNE WAS A RED LETTER DAY Demba Moussa Dembélé 23 June will always be remembered as a disgrace for President Wade and his clan. But it will be etched in gold in the political history of independent Senegal. 23 June 2011 will forever remain a day of glory for the Senegalese people, who showed that power ultimately resides with them. 23 June is also a shining testimony to the courage, determination and self-sacrifice of Senegalese youth. http://www.pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/74590 ****** SENEGAL: A PEOPLE’S VICTORY AND A REPUBLIC ON ITS FEET Mamadou Diallo On 23 June, the Senegalese people demonstrated en masse against the planned vote in parliament to modify the constitution in order to facilitate the re-election of Wade and ensure that his son would be his successor. But mass protests scuppered the plans of the president, his government and parliament. According to Mamadou Diallo, the people prevented a dangerous development. http://www.pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/74585 ****** STOP ABDOULAYE WADE FROM SEEKING A THIRD MANDATE Amy Niang On 23 June 2011, the Senegalese people scored a significant victory against the despotic will of President Abdoulaye Wade from reforming the constitution yet again to usurp all powers. This appeal is to organise opposition to a third mandate for Wade who has already declared himself a candidate, in violation of the constitution. http://www.pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/74586 ****** DRC: A MAP OF VOTING BOOTHS AND ELECTORAL FRAUD Benjamin Stanis Kalombo On 4 July Congolese police dispersed a demonstration called by opposition activists in front of the headquarters of the Independent National Election Commission (CENI). The activists were protesting against irregularities in the electoral lists drawn up for November’s legislative elections. And as Benjamin Stanis Kalombo notes, cases of fraud have been increasing. http://www.pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/74589 ****** MADAGASCAR IN THE CHINESE NET Madagascar has been steadily sinking under the weight of its own contradictions, but it would be erroneous to blame this on purely local factors. ‘A wider perspective, looking at the problems in a global context, shows that the African continent is in mutation and about to negotiate a historic bend in the road that some blame on outside forces.’ Madagascar is no exception, but it would be wrong to underestimate China’s role and strategic interests in this evolution. http://www.pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/74588 ****** FRANCO-IVORIAN RELATIONS ON THE UPSWING IN THE POST-GBAGBO ERA Jean-Jacques Konadjé The dark chapter of the Laurent Gbagbo period has finally ended. But can Côte d’Ivoire embark on a new destiny and build a new history at the same time? France has strengthened its position in what it considers to be its backyard, but, argues Jean-Jacques Konadjé, it also faces competition from other powers, especially the strategic interests of the United States. http://www.pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/74587 ****** ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 9 Cartoons INDEPENDENCE IN SOUTH SUDAN Gado What does the future look like? http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/cartoons/74721 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ Fahamu - Networks For Social Justice http://www.fahamu.org Pambazuka News is published by Fahamu Ltd. © Unless otherwise indicated, all materials published are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. 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