Frost interviews Archbishop Desmond Tutu; “Africa for Norway”; and more news

“Desmond Tutu: Not Going Quietly”
In this video piece, originally posted on Aljazeera, Sir David Frost interviews Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who speaks about his role in the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and other current issues facing South Africans.

Radi-Aid and “Africa for Norway”
This widely publicized and discussed video, made by the Norwegian Students’ and Academics’ International Assistance Fund, parodies some of the more well-known aid videos and projects in order to shed light on the problematic nature of some of these projects. They ask “Imagine if every person in Africa saw the ‘Africa for Norway’-video, and this was the only information they ever got about Norway. What would they think about Norway?”

“Horn and Africa Bulletin” Sept-Oct Issue
This issue of the Horn and Africa Bulletin, sponsored by the Life & Peace Institute, includes analyses of the gendered nature of violence in Kenya, South Sudan’s political economy, Somalia’s transitional government, and the construction of religious identities in Kenya.

Oxfam International’s “A beginner’s guide to land grabs”
In this short video, Oxfam explains some of the problems associated with land grabs in Africa and encourages the viewer to put pressure on the World Bank to change its policies regarding this issue.

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