African Dictators

Now Dig Kellie Jones Talking About Art and Black Los Angeles: Part 2

Dr. Tukufu Zuberi | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Black-Los-Angeles, Black America, Black Artists, Race, Kellie Jones, African-American History, Culture, Art, African American Art, Columbia University, Arts News, Art History, Hammer Museum, African Dictators, Amiri Baraka, African Americans, Black Culture, African-American Issues, Bv-Life, Black Voices Life, Video, Black Voices News
Dr. Tukufu Zuberi

I recently visited an art exhibit chronicling the legacy of art in Black Los Angeles. The show is called "Now Dig This! Art & Black Los Angeles 1960-1980, " and I sat down to speak with the curator of the exhibit, Kellie Jones. Here's the second part of that conversation.

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Now Dig Kellie Jones Talking About Art and Black Los Angeles

Dr. Tukufu Zuberi | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Black-Los-Angeles, Black America, Black Artists, Race, Kellie Jones, African-American History, Culture, Art, African American Art, Columbia University, Arts News, Art History, Hammer Museum, African Dictators, Amiri Baraka, African Americans, Black Culture, African-American Issues, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Black Voices News
Dr. Tukufu Zuberi

I recently visited an art exhibit chronicling the legacy of art in Black Los Angeles. The show is at the UCLA Hammer Museum and is called "Now Dig This! Art & Black Los Angeles 1960-1980." I sat down to speak with the curator of the exhibit, Kellie Jones.

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In a Life Without Oil, What Hope Is There for North Africa and the Middle East?

Steve Hallett and John Wright | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Muammar Gadhafi, North Africa, Oil Industry, Bahrain Protests, Egypt Revolution, Middle East, Hosni Mubarak, Libya Revolution, African Dictators, Politics News
Steve Hallett and John Wright

Many countries in the Middle East have built their entire existence around oil. They will eventually realize how little of the oil has been invested in preparations for a post-oil future.

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After the Fall of African Dictatorships

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mwai Kibaki Kenya, Africa Dictatorship, Robert Guei, Laurent Gbagbo Ivory Coast, Ben Ali Tunisia, Hissen Habre Chad, Yoweri Museveni Uganda, International Criminal Court Bashir, Czechoslovakia Charter 77, International Criminal Court Taylor, Saudi Arabia, Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe, African Dictators, Siad Barre Somalia, Mohamed Farrah Aidid Somalia, Tunisia Ben Ali, Lansana Conté Ahmed Sékou Touré Guinea, Ethiopia Derg, Hosni Mubarak Egypt, Mohamed Bouazizi, U.S. Aid Egypt, Ethiopia Election May 2010, Omar Al-Bashir Sudan, Mobutu Sese Seko Zaire, Jean-Bedel Bokassa Central African Republic, Velvet Revolution, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Idi Amin Uganda, Egypt Mohamed El Baradei, Africa Humpty Dumpty, Paul Kagame Rwanda, Nawaz Sharif Pakistan, Charles Taylor Liberia, Alassane Ouattara Ivory Coast, Laurent-Désiré Kabila Democratic Republic Congo, Mengistu Haile Mariam Ethiopia, World News
Alemayehu G. Mariam

If Africans are to have hope of a better future, they will need to build a fortress of freedom impregnable to the slings and arrows of civilians dictators and the savage musketry of military juntas.

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As African Tyrants Fall

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mohamed Bouazizi, Orange Revolution, Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia Protests, Africa Nonviolent Revolution, Velvet Revolution, Ethiopia Economic Crises, Ahimsa, Mohamed Ghannouchi, Quit India, Ethiopia, Mengistu Hailemariam, Satyagraha, Tunisian People?S Revolution, Mohandas Gandhi, Saudi Arabia, Bulcha Demeksa, African Dictators, Africa Passive Resistance, Meles Zenawi, Idi Amin, Constitutional Democratic Rally Party, Egypt Protests, World News
Alemayehu G. Mariam

The Tunisian people's revolution provides practical insights into the prerequisites for dismantling dictatorships in Africa. The first lesson is that when dictatorships end, their end could come with either a bang or a whimper.

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Looking for Bob Marley and Fela Kuti

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: African Protest Songs, Bob Marley, African Music, Afro Beat, Fela Kuti, African Freedom Songs, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Miriam Makeba, Rastafari Movement, African Liberation Songs, Music Is the Weapon, African Dictators, World News
Alemayehu G. Mariam

Music as a Weapon of Protest It is said that "music is a universal language." Using a few notes and inspiring lyrics, musicians and song writers have...

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Steel Vises, Clenched Fists and Closing Walls, (Part IV)

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Africa Transparency International, African Mafia, Ethiopia Corruption, Obama Human Rights, Africa Summit Uganda, African Dictators, Attorney General (a.G) Eric Holder, Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative, Africa RICO Act, African Kleptocracies, Africa Corruption, World News
Alemayehu G. Mariam

Note: This is the fourth installment in a series of commentaries I intend to offer on U.S. foreign policy (or lack thereof as some would argue) in Eth...

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The Democracy Before Democracy in Africa

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Africa Democracy, Kwame Nkrumah, Julius Nyrere, Africa Economic Development, New Breed African Leaders, Ethiopia 2005 Elections, Ghana Democracy, Africa Military Coups, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Multiparty Democracy, African Dictators, Meles Zenawi, Ghana Constitution, Africa Multiparty Democracy, Africa Ethnic Politics, Paul Kagame, World News
Alemayehu G. Mariam

As Ghana was the original model of the one-man, one-party state in Africa, Ghana today could be the model of constitutional multiparty democracy in Africa.

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