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On the Poem That Made Me Fall in Love with Words: A Close Reading of Sonia Sanchez's "Poem at Thirty"
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American policy on Africa in focus
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columns in the GUARDIAN
How Al-Shabaab was born The Islamic Courts Union had brought a fragile sense of order to Somalia. Destroying this played into the hands of the militants. 4 October 2013 Kenya vote: how the west was wrong Western journalists have been left behind by an Africa moving forward: in fits and starts maybe but forward nevertheless. 12 March 2013 How I found an adoptive family in a Boston Bar A casual job, several beers in an Irish pub and an epiphany on a frosty night made me realise that America really is home. 24 November 2011 African in America or African American? I can live in the US for 20 years yet still be treated differently – by both black people and white. 14 January 2011 What about the pursuit of happiness? Nicholas Kristof seems to think poor people should not seek pleasure at the expense of practical needs. It's not that simple. 6 June 2010 Myths of the middle class Resistance to US healthcare reform springs from American belief in middle class prosperity and individual self-reliance. 13 September 2009 Capitalism's self-destruction Barack Obama must figure out how American capitalism and global capitalism can live side by side. 10 March 2009 Not the president from Kogelo Barack Obama may be sympathetic to Africa's problems, but solving them requires US policy changes he can't possibly make. 5 December 2008 Africa's surreal future If Obama and the G8 truly want to help Africa's poor, they must stop supporting the continent's corrupt leaders. 14 July 2009 |