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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 671: RACIST ATTACKS, LOOTED ART, JAILED SCRIBES AND STATE WASTAGE The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News is delivered free to you with the support of donations from Friends of Pambazuka. KEEP PAMBAZUKA FREE AND INDEPENDENT! BECOME A FRIEND OF PAMBAZUKA NOW! http://www.pambazuka.org/en/friends.php Follow Pambazuka #PambazukaNews Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Announcements, 3. Comment & analysis, 4. Advocacy & campaigns /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 1 Features ISRAEL 'MAKING LIVES MISERABLE' FOR AFRICANS, HOPING THEY 'SELF-DEPORT' Interview with The Real News Network David Sheen Prime Minister Netanyahu has called African asylum seekers infiltrators and several other right-wing politicians have openly incited violence against them. Besides tough laws, the interior ministry's plan is to make the lives of the Africans so miserable that they are forced to leave on their own http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/91102 ****** GEORGE CLOONEY AND THE RETURN OF AFRICA'S STOLEN ARTEFACTS Chika Ezeanya The actor George Clooney has in the past campaigned on Darfur. Yet in his recent film he is now campaigning for the return of the Elgin Marbles to Greece and fails to make the same argument for Africa's stolen artefacts scattered across the Western Hemisphere http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/91113 ****** MOROCCO AND THE SAHARAWI REPUBLIC PARTICIPATE SIDE BY SIDE IN AN AFRICA-EU MEETING? Malainin Mohamed Lakhal Morocco appears to a adopt a schizophrenic behavior towards the Saharawi Republic by officially sitting down in international forums side by side with the Saharawi delegation. Yet behind closed doors it continues to wage a campaign to discredit the rights of the Saharawi for full independence http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/91114 ****** 'RASTAMAN WITH A BULLET' REVISITED Rolling Stone's 1976 cultural mash-up of Bob Marley and Jamaica David Dusty Cupples There is a generalized Western dismissal of the Global South and its peoples, as exemplified in the racist attack on Jamaican President Manley and reggae star Bob Marley. It is quite unlikely that anyone growing up in a culture which constantly touts itself as 'the greatest in history' will not be cursed with delusions of a superior heritage http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/91103 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 2 Announcements CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Evaluation of the Fahamu transition plan: 01/09/2012-31/12/2013 The proposed external evaluation seeks to find out to what extent members of the Board of Trustees, Senior Management Team and other members of staff of Fahamu have implemented recommendations provided by the Change Manager as part of the transition process of the organisation http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/Announce/91115 ****** RWANDA: 20 YEARS AFTER THE GENOCIDE: A CALL FOR ARTICLES How has Rwanda fared in the past two decades since the 1994 genocide? And what does the future hold for this nation of 11 million people? Pambazuka News invites articles for a special issue to be published in April http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/Announce/90534 ****** PAMBAZUKA SPECIAL ISSUE: AFRICA IN 50 YEARS TIME - INVENTING A NEW AFRICA What kind of Africa do women, youth, trade union activists, environmentalists, human rights, LBGTI and sex worker activists envision? What are the dreams of African writers, poets, scientists, engineers, agronomists, musicians for the continent in 50 years time? Pambazuka would like to hear from you. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/Announce/90936 ****** PAMBAZUKA NEWS: CALL FOR VOLUNTEER TRANSLATORS Pambazuka News needs volunteers to translate articles. Published weekly in English and French, and every 15 days in Portuguese, our electronic newsletter sometimes translates articles from one language to another. Through this, we aim to break down language barriers, give more audience to relevant analysis for our contributors and encourage exchanges between linguistic communities in Africa and around the world. In this Pambazuka is unique. To deal with our increasing translation needs, we are looking for volunteers to strengthen our team of volunteer translators who assist us in this task and contribute to what Pambazuka is. We engage to sign all translated articles with the name of their authors. If you are a student or professional translator, we are counting on you. Write to the editors at the following address: [email protected] ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 3 Comment & analysis LETTER TO MY SON Eskinder Nega Freshly smuggled from a gulag in Ethiopia, this is a poignant, albeit long, letter from a journalist of exceptional courage: the brilliant veteran editor Eskinder Nega who is serving an 18-year prison sentence based on trumped-up terrorism charges in reprisal to his 2011 articles about the implications of the Arab Spring in his country http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/91111 ****** KENYA: EVERY DAY IS PARTY TIME IN GOVERNMENT OFFICES Paul Mwangi Kenya is struggling with a huge public wage bill. Much of the money goes into the pockets of ghost workers and greedy government officials. At all levels, there is breathtaking wastage of taxpayers' money http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/91104 ****** KWADIR FELTON AND CORY BOOKER Margaret Kimberley Kwadir Felton, one of Sen. Cory Booker's constituents, faces 30 years in prison for allegedly assaulting the Jersey City police who shot and blinded him. But Felton can expect no constituent services from Booker. Black people demand next to nothing from their politicians. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/91105 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 4 Advocacy & campaigns REEYOT ALEMU: HONORING ONE OF AFRICA'S BRAVEST WOMEN IN JOURNALISM Her principled stance for truth and justice in defiance of government and injustice, has earned her international accolades. You can join the campaign for her release http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/91106 ****** NKANDLA REPORT'S STORY: TAKING FROM THE POOR TO GIVE TO THE RICH Funds meant for informal settlement upgrading and urban regeneration diverted to upgrading the President's home http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/91107 ****** WORLD BANK GRANT FOR INGA 3 DAM DENOUNCED AS SUPPORT FOR AFRICA'S NEXT 'WHITE ELEPHANT' Even though only 9 percent of the DRC population has access to electricity, the power generated by Inga 3 will primarily benefit mining companies and export markets http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/91108 ****** 4TH EDITION OF THE WEST AFRICAN SEED FAIR: A COMMUNIQUE West African Peasant Seed Committee (COASP) On the occasion of the 4th edition of the West African peasant seed fair, held in Djimini, Senegal, from March 11-13, 2014, 350 participants, representing 54 delegations from Benin, Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Niger, Mali, Togo, Senegal, Guinea, India, Europe and Canada assembled to promote peasant seeds. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/91109 ****** STATEMENT BY CIVIL SOCIETY ON RECENT TERROR ATTACKS IN KENYA Six people were killed and several others injured in Mombasa in the latest terror attack on 23 March. Police have announced a shoot-to-kill order against terror suspects, a decision civil society rejects http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/91112 ****** NEW DOCUMENTARY FILM REVEALS BRAZILIAN ANGER AT SOCCER WORLD CUP Brazilian rage against Fifa's Soccer World Cup is revealed in a new documentary film ahead of the event planned for June this year http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/91110 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ Fahamu - Networks For Social Justice http://www.fahamu.org Pambazuka News is published by Fahamu Ltd. (c) 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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