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If Mandela Were Here: The Battles He Would Wage
As we came together to plan the national memorial service of our world’s father, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, it dawned on me that we were planning the impossible. We were trying to package what could never fit in a box. No one title could completely encapsulate Mandela. He was a freedom fighter, a visionary, a change…
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Zimbabwe: No Quick Solutions, No Easy Answers
On Saturday, the citizens of the African nation of Zimbabwe will go to the polls and cast their votes for president and other offices. Zimbabwe has been embroiled in such economic and political strife that much of the country is without life’s basic necessities. The standing president, Robert Mugabe, has been a controversial figure in…
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Bush’s Real Legacy in Africa
President Bush has traveled to the African continent on a trip billed as “an opportunity to demonstrate America’s commitment to the people of…Africa.” Yet Africans are likely to be as skeptical of Mr. Bush’s “compassionate conservatism” as African Americans. Bush is frequently heralded as the president that has done more for Africa than any in…
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