Responsibility to Protect? Libya and the Salvation of Europe
Launched in 2009 by the United Nations, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is a recent addition to western humanitarian discourse. The responsibility and capacity to act on [...]
Africa
Contemporary Tuareg Music and the Pursuit of History
By Bonnie Bates. We, the children of the Azawad What pleases us? The unity of the people We ask our people to let harmony reign We ask the children to work for freedom Our [...]
Human Rights, History and Land Appropriation in Africa
By Andriata Chironda. In November 2014, the government of Tanzania reportedly planned to sell large tracts of land to a private company which intends to convert the land [...]
French Feminism and Islam, 1920-2015
By Natalie Hunter. On 11 April 2011, it became illegal in France for Muslim women to wear face-covering veils, as part of a broader law instating a ban on face-covering [...]
The Price of Politics on Kenya
By Bonnie Bates. There is one main road that links northern Kenya with Ethiopia. With the arrival of the long rains season (March to May), this road becomes a deep muddy [...]
Adventures in Ancient Nubia
By Bonnie Bates. These are just some of the many remaining Nubian pyramids found in Meroë, located north of present-day Khartoum. Meroë was the last (of three) Kushite [...]
A Monument to Popular Revolution in Cairo
By Bonnie Bates. This is the burned-out headquarters of the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. It continues to stand as a monument to the popular revolution that [...]
LGBT Genocide in Contemporary Uganda
By Bonnie Bates. Promoted as an early Christmas gift to the nation, on December 20, 2013, the Ugandan Parliament approved the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA). The AHA entrenched [...]
What’s Beneath the Water in Lake Nasser?
By Bonnie Bates. Standing atop the Aswan Dam, looking across Lake Nasser towards Sudan, it’s hard not to wonder what is lurking under the water of this man-make lake. [...]
Hope and Frustration in Tanzanian Schools
By Bonnie Bates. Seventy-five children, one teacher and one teacher’s aide – a typical scene in Tanzanian schools. Kids are eager to learn and the teachers work [...]
