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Ngugi: What is America to me?
Znet Article, October, 21 2008
Mukoma wa Ngugi
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Countee Cullen, a black American poet, once asked: What is Africa to me? With the US elections just days away, and Africans holding their breath, fingers mostly crossed for Obama, I find I have to reverse the question and ask: What is America to ...
Ngugi: Troubled African Democracies
Znet Article, April, 18 2008
Mukoma wa Ngugi
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To travel Kenya to Mali, one has to apply for a visa at the French consulate in Kenya. Conversely, to travel from Senegal to Kenya, the visa has to be issued through the British consulate in Senegal. This is a perfect metaphor of Africa in today...
Ngugi: Israel and the Palestinian
Znet Article, January, 21 2007
Mukoma wa Ngugi
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[Note: Mukoma Wa Ngugi's ZNet article, "Africa and the Middle East", was published in Kenya's Daily Nation, where Israel's ambassador to Kenya replied. We republish Mukoma's response to the ambassador here.] In response to my commentary “...
Ngugi: Africa and the Middle East
Znet Article, December, 12 2006
Mukoma wa Ngugi
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Violence without Borders Africa is in the thick of the conflicts in the Middle East. With Iraq up in flames and an estimated 50,000 innocent Iraqi civilians dead and the threat of Syria and Iran being dragged into the War, the Middle East is now...
Ngugi: New Orleans and the Third World
Znet Article, September, 08 2005
Mukoma wa Ngugi
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Introduction The devastation of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina is being compared to disasters in the “Third World†but with no specific countries or disasters named. And if not compared to this black hole or repository of disa...
