SPEAK UP

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. And racism open or not is a big and an unacceptable injustice.


 

 


THE WAILERS : Give thanks and Praises

Music as a powerful medium to foster positive change. However, essential for such a positive change is the need for greater tolerance of differing views and respect for each other if we are all genuinely committed to building one society.


 

 


UNITED STATES OF AFRICA

In 1957 Nkrumah the Pan-Africanist, one of the founders of the Organisation of African Unity and the first leader of independent Ghana,declared that 'the independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of the African continent'


 

 

ETHIOPIA : ART AND MEMORY

This exhibition is an introduction to the history of Ethiopia through its fascinating and very rich art.



 

 

  HOME  AFRICA TIME FOR PEACE

What the World Got Wrong in Côte D'Ivoire

 

 
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Why is the United Nations entrenching former colonial powers on our continent? Africans can and should take the lead in resolving their own disputes.


 
     
         
 

Benda Bilili: The movie

Benda Bilili is a group of paraplegic street musicians whose history defies convention. Their music is of astonishing power and beauty.

 

 

Bruce Clarke: Painting life and peace

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Bruce Clarke art is a stimulating reflection on the world and the representation which is made of it.

 

 
         
         
  Culture and peace:lessons from Mozambique

Culture is an important tool for reconciliation. The objective for instance in some traditional legal system is to restore what was destroyed, what was damaged during the persecution of the given conflict.

 

Africa Peace Virtual University


The Africa Peace virtual university aim is to train political, economical, social and cultural leaders. This university will organize training sessions in areas such as African History, globalisation, conflict prevention and peace building.



 
         
         
 

Water, peace and war

Unlike oil, water is a vital and irreplaceable resource. The question of governance lies at the heart of the Water problem.



 

The guest

Mighty is courtesy of a guy I used to play with Larry Muthama, a great harmonica blues player. So, he would introduce everybody on stage as Mighty so and so.


 
         
         
  Memory and dialogue

To exclude a human group on the basis of phenotype or even more on basis of genotypes impossible to determine, was to exclude oneself from the humanity.


  100 Doors to Africa

100 doors to Africa provides some basic information on the Continent : overviews, key facts and events, timelines and Africa leaders profiles.


 
         
         
 

Truth, justice and reconciliation

The TRC was an ambitious project established with the mandate to try to promote reconciliation in South Africa..



  Governance

When states are falling apart and no longer have the structures or resources they need to cope with contemporary problems, then social crisis looms.


 
         

  AFRICA IN THE CLASSROOM  
   
     

 

 

 

 

EDITORIAL

 

Africa Time for Peace objectives are to :

a) contribute to raising awareness on issues concerning peace through media and cultural events;

b) bring together in a network people working on peace building and conflicts across the continent;

c) promote citizenship and peace education in formal and informal education.

David Gakunzi

 


 

 

 

 


FOCUS

MEDIA FAILURE OVER RWANDA'S GENOCIDE

Many of those who tried to cover this appalling story as it happened around them still harbour, as I do, a lingering sense of helplessness – a sense of guilt, perhaps shame, that we didn't do more to apply pressure for action when it might have made a difference. Tom Giles








 

SHOULD RWANDAN GENOCIDE BE PART OF THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM?

If we are to stop any events like this happening ever again, the whole world must educate its children about events like these. Andy Lawrence


 




 


ECONOMIC SECURITY

Security goes beyond physical survival to encompass a level of resources that promote social inclusion.



 


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