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White Saviors

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On March 21, 2012
Since last week I dared suggest that there could be problems with white people running around the world saving brown people from themselves and was thereby proven to be objectively in favor of white slavery, I might as well continue in my nefarious ways by...

Hunting the LRA

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On October 16, 2011

A few brief thoughts on the Kony mission.  David Dayen: The Administration’s claimed legal justification comes from a law called the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of.

Wangari Maathai

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On September 27, 2011
I would be remiss to not mention the death of the great African environmentalist, feminist, and activst Wangari Maathai. The Kenyan activist began her activist career by figuring out that paying women to plant trees would both provide employment for women and protect the land....

Coup in Guinea-Bissau…

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On March 2, 2009

Or something, anyway: Army troops shot dead the president of the tiny west African country of Guinea-Bissau early Monday, following a bomb attack that killed the army chief of staff,.

Patterson Conference

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On October 4, 2008

Just finished up the Patterson School Fall Conference . This year's topic was Africa; visiting luminaries included such esteemed blogospheric figures as David Axe of War is Boring. In a.

Do I See Another Deposed Monarch on the Horizon?

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On September 6, 2008
Swaziland:A great event was soon forthcoming — on Saturday, in fact. To prepare for the day — the 40-40 Celebration, so-named to honor the king’s 40th birthday and the nation’s 40th year of independence — a 15,000-seat stadium was built and a fleet of top-of-the-line...
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