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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
17 November 2020
Philosophers beyond borders, published by the ASCL and made by Saskia Pfaeltzer and Maria van Enckevort, celebrates an array of philosophers hailing from Africa and the African diaspora, South America, South Asia, the Caribbean, and beyond. The diverse collection spans the ages, including philosophers such as Anton Wilhelm Amo, W.E.B. Du Bois and Frantz Fanon, as well as those alive and still teaching: Gayatri Spivak, bell hooks and Achille Mbembe. Succinct biographies are accompanied by characterful black and white portraits of each individual philosopher. Adriaan van Dis about the book: 'An inspiring introduction that makes your world bigger and frees you from the stuffy western – and sometimes overly white – thinking'.
06 November 2020
Despite the dawn of a new era with the rise to power of Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed, Jan Abbink sees grounds for deep concern about Ethiopia. The most recent indication is the eruption of armed conflict between the Tigray region armed forces and the federal army on 4 November 2020, provoked by an assault of the Tigray army. PM Abiy Ahmed always deeply resented taking any military action, but it seemed they now crossed a red line. Abiy still has to contend with the forces of the past, Abbink analyses in his latest blog.
04 November 2020
Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1922-1999), Tanzania’s first and longest-serving president, was an influential African statesman with an outspoken vision of the development of his nation, and Africa as a whole. This month’s Library Highlight features the most comprehensive biography of his life and politics to date, Development as rebellion: a biography of Julius Nyerere, by Saida Yahya-Othman, Ng’wanza Kamata, and Issa G. Shivji. Read the Highlight!