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Lightning and Rainbows →
It’s a long ride from the swanky swag of Cape Town’s Convention Centre to the gritty unaffectedness of the township of Philippi. We are in town for a conference on inequality. Thousands of words of analyses, mind-bending philosophies, but inequality doesn’t get much clearer than the trip to Philippi. I am in the networking zone, surfing a sea of intellectual encounters, when I encounter...
May 31st
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Open Forum 2012 ends with “The Politics of Sexual... →
The Open Forum 2012 has come to an end in Cape Town, South Africa, with Day three putting a spotlight on Money, Power and Sex: The paradox of unequal growth, where the need for effective sex education was stressed. There were lively and witty discussions on issues surrounding sex, with some strong argument focused on inequalities and homophobia as well as policies and legislation relative to...
May 30th
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Money, power and sex: Cape Town debate & SA hip... →
In May 2012 the OpenForum took place in Cape Town, South Africa. The gathering brought together activists, artists, academics, policy-makers and business people to discuss the factors that will influence the African continent over the next decade. Leading up to the OpenForum, our partner website This Is Africa organized radio debates with Bush Radio in Cape Town, Ghetto Radio in...
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Robben Island by Walidah Imarisha →
Water boils Like Black rage In African veins Open boat The endless waves A desert          a prison In themselves Coastline shrinks You stare unblinking Through bruised and swollen eyes Drink it in As salt water Slaps your face Like the South African police When they broke Into your house Arrested you Beat you In front of your children Blood stains Where they play Coastline hazy As mist faces...
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Key themes of African thinkers x 7. Notes from... →
A blog post by Youth Summit and Open Forum participant, Minna Salami (aka Ms Afropolitan).   Blessol Gathoni, Jan Moolman, Minna Salami, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah and Spectra I got back in to London this morning from the YouthSummit and the OpenForum 2012 in Cape Town, a very relevant conference that brought together African thinkers from creative, activist, scholarly, political and technocratic...
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AFRICA FOR THE AFRICANS: Open Society Initiative... →
MAZUBA HAANYAMA SPEAKS ON HOW PEOPLE OF AFRICAN-DESCENT ARE LEADING THE CHARGE FOR GLOBAL CHANGE Beginning with the Youth Summit on May 21, 2012 and ending with the OpenForum Summit May 22-24, 2012, the African Foundation of the Open Society will welcome activists, businesspeople, academics, and policymakers from throughout the African continent and around the world will convene for an...
May 18th
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Rwanda: The Land of Gender Equality? →
With a female majority in parliament, women at all levels of government and equal literacy rates for boys and girls, Rwanda looks to be a model of equality. The country made history in 2008, when 45 women were elected out of 80 members of parliament. At 56%, this is by far the highest percentage of women MPs in any government in the world. The constitution of Rwanda, adopted in 2003, states that...
May 16th
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SIGNAL BOOST: MEDIA IGNORE THEFT OF PHOTOGRAPHER’S... →
Laura Reynolds Tue, 15 May 2012 10:52:52 GMT An award winning photographer who has devoted her working life to documenting the lives of black lesbians has had five years worth of her work stolen.  Zanele Muholi, described by the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa as “one of the country’s foremost artists”, had more than 20 external hard drives stolen from her flat in Vredehoek,...
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MoneyPowerSex Radio Debates - Revised Schedule
  Accra Debates Tuesday 15 May XFM 95.1 11am-12pm GMT   Rebroadcast Wednesday 16 May Vibe FM 91.9 11am-12pm GMT   Participants Bridget Babiee Dappah – News Anchor, “Hot Gossip” host and social commentator  Nana Oye Lithur – Director, Human Rights Advocacy Centre Tic Tac – Hip-Life Musician and producer Agyeman Badu Akosa – leading member, Convention People’s Party   Host Kojo Mensah     NAIROBI...
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Inequalities Undermine Impressive Growth →
Twelve years ago, the influential Economist magazine described Africa as “the hopeless continent”. Last year the same publication ran the headline: “Africa rising: the hopeful continent”, noting that some of the fastest-growing economies in the world are in Africa. According to the 2012 Africa Progress Report, seven in every 10 people on the continent live in countries that have enjoyed an...
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Democrazy Poll! Is Africa's global appeal only as...
#TRUTH or #FAIL: Is Africa’s global appeal only as deep as its oil?
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MoneyPowerSex Radio Debates - Accra Cape Town...
  Money Power Sex Debate Series: Has Democracy Brought Blind Hope? All over the world, democracy is pitched as the ultimate salvation of the state. It is the panacea for political problems; the benchmark for social progress; the pathway to economic success. In African countries, the notion of democracy rode the high-spirited coattails of independence. With national government structures freed from...
May 14th
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The Great Land Rush
Food for thought for the OpenForum Youth Summit. ‘Is this land your land or my land?’   Check out the pieces below by Youth Summit participant, Arrianna Marie ‘The Great Land Rush: Land Grabs & Food Security’ - http://thesojournerproject.wordpress.com/2011/10/ Land Grabs and Post-War Development in South Sudan:...
May 14th
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Democrazy Poll! TEXT: "Democratic" elections exist...
“Everything is argued over in this world. Apart from only one thing that is not argued over. Nobody argues about democracy. Democracy is there as if it was some sort of saint in the altar from whom miracles are no longer expected. But it’s there as a reference. A reference. Democracy. And no-one attends to the matter that the democracy in which we live is a democracy taken captive, conditioned,...
May 11th
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#moneypowersex DEMOCRAZY POLLS: have your say!
We will be posting images, songs and text daily that challenge some of the conventional paradigms on political systems. These are linked to the radio debates that will be taking place around the question: Has Democracy Brought Blind Hope? Vote #TRUTH or #FAIL and leave a comment!
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