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Makupo's Well
Gwen Schulman discusses how remittances from Canada made it possible to sink a well in Makupo, a small village in Malawi. Easy access to water has transformed the villagers' lives—freeing up time for other pressing work and, indeed, for some leisure. But what is the impact of remittances on the structural inequalities that keep Makupo poor? This episode was produced by Amandla....

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[ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:30:00 GMT ]


Black History Month: Interview with Horace Campbell
The final interview of this series is with Horace Campbell, professor of African American studies at Syracuse University, and author of Rasta and Resistance, from Marcus Garvey to Walter Rodney, and Reclaiming Zimbabwe: The Exhaustion of the Patriarchal Model of Liberation. This episode was produced by Contact FM 89.7 ( http://www.contactfm.rw/ )....

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[ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:30:00 GMT ]


Black History Month: Interview with Dan Lyndon
On the other side of the Atlantic, Black History Month is also celebrated each October in the United Kingdom, which has had a substantial black population since the 16th century. In this interview Contact FM talks to Dan Lyndon, history teacher and member of the British and Asian Studies Association. This episode was produced by Contact FM 89.7 ( http://www.contactfm.rw/ )....

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[ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:30:00 GMT ]


Black History Month: Interview with Patricia Sluby
The history of African American science is still today an area not widely known about. Contact FM take a brief plunge into this history talking with writer Patricia Sluby, author of The Inventive Spirit of African Americans: Patented Ingenuity. This episode was produced by Contact FM 89.7 ( http://www.contactfm.rw/ )....

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[ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:30:00 GMT ]


Black History Month: Interview with Gabrilla Ballard
From Chicago, Contact FM go down South, where they talk with Gabrilla Ballard ( www.gabrillaballardmusic.com ), singer, songwriter and activist, who tells them what it is like living in New Orleans after the massive 2005 flooding. This episode was produced by Contact FM 89.7 ( http://www.contactfm.rw/ )....

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[ Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:30:00 GMT ]


Black History Month: Interview with Floyd Webb
Taking a closer look at the origins of Black History Month, Contact FM talks to Floyd Webb ( www.floydwebb.com ), film-maker and web designer based in Chicago, about the relevance of Black History Month and his predictions for the future. This episode was produced by Contact FM 89.7 ( http://www.contactfm.rw )...

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[ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:30:00 GMT ]


Duniya yetu Arts Azimuts
Between the 25th of January and the 2nd of Feb 2008, the town of Butare, Rwanda, hosted its first International Arts Festival organized by the University Centre for Arts. Entitled ‘Arts Azimuts’, this festival focused on theatre, music and dance, bringing together artists from Rwanda, Western Africa, Belgium and the United States. ContactFM...

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[ Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:01:00 GMT ]


Ugandan Women Speak about Women’s Protocol
Marren Akatsa-Bukachi, executive director of the Eastern African sub Regional Support Initiative for Advancement of Women (EASSI), Solome Nakaweesi-Kimbugwe, executive director of Akina Mama wa Afrika and Patricia Munabi Babiiha, executive director of the Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) speak to Firoze Manji about the challenges of persuading Uganda to ratify the AU Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa....

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[ Thu, 6 Mar 2008 18:50:00 GMT ]


Interview with Peter Hallward
Peter Hallward talks over the phone with Jacques Depelchin from the Ota Benga Alliance for Peace Healing and Dignity, and visiting Professor at the Centre for Afro-Oriental Studies at the Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, and Firoze Manji, founder and co-editor of Pambazuka News, about his book and the lessons of Haiti. Peter Hallward's book “Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide and the Politics of Containment”, published by Verso Press in 2007, is likely to become a classic refer...

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[ Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:10:00 GMT ]


Interviews with women in south Kivu
In this series of interviews, Rwanda's Contact FM radio talks to activists in south Kivu fighting for justice for the women of Congo. Christine Schuler Descrivers works closely with Panzi hospital in Bukavu and a leading campaigner against the sexual terrorism of women. Dr. Denis Mukwege is chief gyneacologist at Bukavu's Panzi hospital and a specialist in reparative surgery for women mutilated by sexual terrorism. Venancie Bisimanabintou is executive secretary of the womens' network for the def...

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[ Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:10:00 GMT ]


Sous les volcans
There seems to be no end in sight to the appalling violence against women in the Kivu region of eastern DRC. In North Kivu alone, there are 250 cases of rape reported each month and the unofficial figure could be much higher. Every hospital and health centre in both Kivus report cases of sexual violence on a daily basis, and the victims range from six months to 95 years of age. This is sexual violence in its most barbaric form, since rape is invariably accompanied by torture and mutilation leadi...

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[ Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:00:00 GMT ]


Post Election Violence in Kenya
Since the December elections in Kenya an estimated 600 people have died as a result of the unrest, and another 100,000 at least have been displaced. The violence erupted after incumbent Mwai Kibaki was sworn into office in the midst of acusations that the election was rigged, led by opposition candidate Raila Odinga. International observers have called the election "flawed." In this interview Firoze Manji speaks on post election violence in Kenya as a symptom of long term debates within Kenya...

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[ Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:00:00 GMT ]


Flag and Future
Neema Ngwatilo Mawiyoo is a young writer and musician based in Nairobi. She asks and seeks to answer difficult artistic and human questions. She does not always reach an answer, and the dialogue is not always pleasant. To contact Ngwatilo: nmawiyoo [ at ] gmail.com....

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[ Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:00:00 GMT ]


I Stories
I Stories is a series of first hand accounts of gender violence from across Southern Africa produced by Gender Links ( http://www.genderlinks.org.za ) for the Sixteen Days of Activism against Gender Violence. Music in this podcast is brought to you by Busi Ncube from Zimbabwe and kindly provided by Thulani Promotions (http://www.thulani.net )....

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[ Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:00:00 GMT ]


Tanzania and the Protocol of the Rights of Women in Africa
Usu Mallya, the Executive Director of the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme ( http://www.tgnp.org/ ), talks to George Njogopa about Tanzania and the Protocol of the Rights of Women in Africa, which the country ratified in March this year. She applauds the political commitment shown by the government but says it now needs to make sure that Tanzania's laws comply with the protocol and that women are made aware of their rights. Music in this podcast is brought to you by Busi Ncube from Zimbabwe...

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[ Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:30:00 GMT ]


Voudou Priestess Madame Evonne Auguste
Voudou Priestess Madame Evonne Auguste spoke to Sokari Ekine last August, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Madame Auguste is a member of Famm Voudou pou Ayiti (Voudou Women for Ayiti). In the interview she explains that Voudou is both a religion and a philosophy and speaks about the relationship between voudou and liberation theology. She also discusses the some of the reasons behind the demonetisation of the religion and why Famm Voudou pou Ayiti want to establish their own school. Music in this podc...

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[ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:30:00 +0100 ]


Police torture in Nigeria
Damien Ugwu from the Nigerian Civil Liberties Organisation speaks to Sokari Ekine from Pambazuka News about endemic police torture in the Nigerian justice system. CLO estimate that five people a day are being extra-judicially killed by the police. Most vulnerable are unemployed youths accused of armed robbery. Damien Ugwu explores the reasons why torture and murder are common place and the cultural and political roots of the problem. Music in this podcast is brought to you by Busi Ncube from Zi...

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[ Thu, 2 Aug 2007 14:00:00 +0100 ]


Madaraka Nyerere
Madaraka Nyerere, the son of the former President of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere, talks to Adam Ma'anit from the New Internationalist for Pambazuka News. Madaraka Nyerere was in London to re-launch the Arusha Declaration, the document which is the foundation of socialist principles practiced by Nyerere's government, with the Global Women's Strike. Madaraka explores the reasons why Nyerere's policies have been demolished by capitalism, and the relevance of his father's work for modern Africa and...

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[ Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:50:00 GMT ]


Mobile phone activism in South Africa
Sindy Mkhize of the Abahlali baseMjondolo Shackdwellers Movement of Durban speaks to Sokari Ekine of Pambazuka at the Pan African Mobile Activists workshops held in Nairobi in June. Sindy who is a member of the Abahlali Women's League discusses the pressure of living under constant attack from local government and local police and also the recent detention of members of the Kennedy Road location on charges of murder. Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement is the largest organisation of the militant poor...

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[ Fri, 6 Jul 2007 17:00:00 GMT ]


Charles Taylor trial
Stephen Rapp, chief prosecutor at the trial of the former Liberian president Charles Taylor, speaks to Robtel Pailey from Pambazuka News after giving his opening statement in the Netherlands on 4 June 2007. Taylor has been indicted on 11 counts of crimes against humanity for his alleged participation in the Sierra Leone civil war, which lasted from 1991 to 2002. However Taylor was absent from the courtroom causing a huge uproar. Robtel Pailey reports from the International Criminal Court (IC...

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[ Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:00:00 GMT ]


Radical community radio in Soweto
Molefi Ndlovu from the Center for Civil Society in Durban, South Africa speaks to Sokari Ekine from Pambazuka News about the radical community radio project RASA FM in Soweto. The radio station ran without a license in Soweto for six months in 2005 and was hugely popular with the local community. RASA became a victim of its own success when the power of its appeal proved too big a threat to the corporate media and it was shut down. In this podcast organiser Molefi tells RASA's amazing story and ...

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[ Thu, 7 Jun 2007 12:20:00 GMT ]


Freddy Macha speaks to Pambazuka
Freddy Macha, Tanzanian activist and artist, speaks to Robtel Pailey from Pambazuka News about being a journalist during censorship in Nyerere's administration. He explores the nature of music and expresses his thoughts on a range of subjects from satirising urban life, promoting African languages and culture and the connections between modern life and constipation. You can find out more and hear Macha's music www.freddymacha.com Music in this podcast is brought to you by Busi Ncube from Zimbab...

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[ Thu, 24 May 2007 09:00:00 GMT ]


Environmental justice in Nigeria
Ifieniya Lott, a women's rights activist, and Patterson Ogon from the Ijaw Council for Human Rights speak to Sokari Ekine from Pambazuka News about the environmental justice issues people face in the Niger Delta. As the recent elections have been criticised for widespread rigging particularly in the Niger Delta region, this podcast reflects on the problems people are encountering and what the future holds. For more information on the issues see Black Looks: Niger Delta ( http://www.blacklooks.or...

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[ Thu, 10 May 2007 14:30:00 GMT ]


Firestone in Liberia
Kofi Woods and Ezekiel Pajibo speak to Robtel Pailey from Pambazuka News about the role of Firestone tyre company in Liberia. Firestone has operated in Liberia since the 1920s and been accused of using forced labour, polluting water sources and tax evasion by activists. The new administration in Liberia is currently embroiled in a difficult process of renegotiating the contract with Firestone. In this podcast, Liberian Minister of Labour Kofi Woods and activist Ezekiel Pajibo explore the role o...

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[ Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:50:00 GMT ]


Shackdwellers rise up in South Africa
System Cele from shackdweller association Abahlali, based in Durban, speaks to Sokari Ekine of Pambazuka News about the struggle for rights to land and housing in new South Africa. Five members of her group are now on hunger strike after being arrested in what Abahlali sees as a politically motivated murder charge. In this interview System speaks about why the community are struggling to stay in their area and the obstacles they face in both daily life and political organising. For more on shack...

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[ Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:30:00 GMT ]


Zimbabwe youth protest in London
Free Zim-Youth, a group of young Zimbabweans living in the UK, demonstrated outside the South African embassy in central London in protest at the ANC's silence on the Mugabe regime. Commemorating the anniversary of the Sharpeville Day massacre during apartheid rule, the youth group accused the ANC of betraying the people of Zimbabwe. In this podcast hear the voices of the protesters and the sounds of the demonstration. To contact Free Zim-Youth email them at freezim6@yahoo.co.uk Music in this p...

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[ Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:00:00 GMT ]


Sexuality and Social Justice Exhibition series
Fikele Vilakaz, director of the Coalition of African Lesbians talks to Sokari Ekine from Pambazuka News in the first of our special series on sexuality and social justice ( http://www.pambazuka.org/blogs/wsf2007/?p=41 ). The interview is part of an online exhibition produced by Gabrielle Le Roux and Sokari Ekine that combines audio content with portraits of the subjects drawn during the World Social Forum in Nairobi. It pays tribute to these inspiring activists who risk their lives in the fight ...

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Art therapy with children in Uganda
Ugandan artist David Odwar saw his brother abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army at the age of twelve. After living in exile for many years in the UK, David returned to Uganda to set up an arts centre where the local community express trauma through art in his Through Art Keep Smiling ( http://www.doart.org.uk ) project. In this podcast he speaks to Robtel Pailey from Pambazuka News about the inspiration he has found from children in art workshops and the impacts of war on his community and his...

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[ Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:00:00 GMT ]


Caine Prize winner Segun Afolabi speaks to Pambazuka News
Segun Afolabi, winner of the 2005 Caine Prize for African Writing, the leading literary prize for short stories from the African continent, speaks to Robtel Pailey of Pambazuka News. In the podcast, Segun, from Nigeria, reads an excerpt from his award winning short story 'Monday Morning'. He discusses the impact of winning the prize on his literary success, the situation of publishing in Africa, and themes such as migration, diaspora, memory and loss. Segun Afolabi's winning story is available...

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[ Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:00:00 GMT ]


Lesbian women's football in South Africa
Phumla Masuku, the manager of a South African lesbian women's football team speaks to Sokari Ekine from Pambazuka News about the team she founded, The Chosen Few ( http://www.few.org.za/ ). Based in Soweto the team have encountered much homophobia and racism but successfully made it to the international Gay Games ( http://www.gaygameschicago.org/ ) in Chicago where they won the Bronze Medal. The music in this podcast is by Freddy Macha ( http://www.freddymacha.com/ )...

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[ Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:00:00 GMT ]

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