links for 2007-03-30
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Taurai has a wonderful piece of absurdity from Zimbabwe – a gospel album banned because the open hands, raised in praise, on the cover reminded censors of the open hand logo of the opposition MDC party
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03/30/2007 (12:19 am)
March 30th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
For a fascinating and telling debate on Zimbabwe:
http://zimbabweoutpostoftyranny.typepad.com/zimbabwe_outpost_of_tyran/2007/03/why_is_africa_t.html
The Discussants:
We welcome on the programme Hot Seat, Dr George Ayittey who is a prominent Ghanaian economist and president of the Free Africa Foundation in Washington DC , he’s also a Professor at American University and an associate scholar at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. From South Africa we welcome Dr Sehlare Makgetlaneng, the Head of Southern Africa and SADC programme at the Africa Institute of South Africa in Pretoria ; he’s also a member of the African National Congress. Ralph Black is the MDC Deputy Chief Representative for the Tsvangirai MDC in the United States of America .