Africa and the War on Terror

The U.S. war on terror is now in its third year, and the bombings in Afghanistan and Iraq are far from over. Many analysts and policy thing-tanks have reflected on the impact of this war on Africa; some have put emphasis on the economy, development aid, security questions, and others on implications for U.S. foreign policy. The intention of this piece is to introduce new elements to the reflection

The battle for Sunday: Missionary work and the Basotho in the gold mine compounds, 1920-1940

African Studies Seminar series. Paper presented 5 September 1994Missionary and evangelical work among the Africans in the mine compounds took place on Sundays, Good Friday, Boxing, Christmas and New Year's days, when African mine workers in the compounds were allowed a whole day's rest. Attempts by missionaries to have workers come to their religious services on these days, had to face competition from other leisure options that the workers had. This study is going to focus on the activities of the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society (PEMS) among the Basotho in the mine compounds. It will attempt to go beyond looking at religion and the working class simply in terms of the role that the church played in instilling workers with an industrial ethic; there is a need to also look at the dynamics of proselytisation and conversion in the compounds, and the importance that religion had for the miners

NEPAD and Africa's future

(Africa Insight: 2002 32(2): 65-67

Book Review: When Foreign Policy Becomes Domestic The Interplay of National Interests, Pan-Africanism, and Internationalism in South Africa’s Foreign Policy

Review by Siphamandla Zond

Africa Insight

Africa Insight is published quarterly by the Africa Institute of South Africa, an independent think-tank focusing on African affairs.This journal focuses on contemporary issues of Afric

Africa Insight

Africa Insight is published quarterly by the Africa Institute of South Africa, a Science Council focusing on African affairs.This journal focuses on contemporary issues of Afric

Africa Insight

Africa Insight is published quarterly by the Africa Institute of South Africa, an independent think-tank focusing on African affairs.This journal focuses on contemporary issues of Afric