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Africa: The Final Frontier
The new colonialism: the Africa being carved up into game reserves and concession areas to provide exclusive eco experiences for the rich.

Congo: The benefit of the doubt has expired
Anyone who knows anything about Cold War politics, knows the CIA had a hand in Lumumba's murder. The only difference now is that it's been proven.

A Big Issue
What to do with a new ad for the Cape Town, South Africa, magazine meant to support and highlight the lives of its homeless population.

Congo Heritage
Congolese-born Pitcho gathered 23 other Belgian artists from the Congolese diaspora and came out of the Sumo Studio with an album as hybrid as its makers.

Bananas and Baboons
This time, R.W. Johnson, the British-South African writer, had gone too far even for the London Review of Books ' editors. They took down a post of his.