Rachel Hamada, Author at This is Africa

Nigeria’s literary prize for emerging authors

Rachel Hamada — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 04:47:19 +0000

The Saraba Manuscript Project seeks to boost the careers of new writers in the fields of fiction and non-fiction, and in turn to enrich the Nigerian literary scene.

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Too, too young: Child marriage in Africa

Rachel Hamada — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 09:24:33 +0000

Child marriage is still a huge problem in many African countries, with young girls in particular losing their futures as they are forced to drop out of education, encounter health problems and often face abuse

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Corporate-led aid wreaks havoc in Tanzania

Rachel Hamada — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 06:00:42 +0000

A showcase project of the G8’s New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition strips small scale farmers in Tanzania of their homes and farmland, damages a protected wetland and forces the corporate chemical input industry on smallholders. More evidence that agricultural initiatives backed by Western governments are benefiting multinationals and penalising local communities.

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Africa’s looted heritage needs to come home

Rachel Hamada — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 04:30:17 +0000

Prized cultural and religious artefacts from Africa were looted and many now live in the basements of European and American museums, oceans away from their places of creation

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The danger of being black in America

Rachel Hamada — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:11:36 +0000

Michael Brown, a young black man, is dead. The man who killed him, a white policeman, will not be punished. Because in America, white is always right, and the use of deadly force against black people is an almost unquestioned part of American modern culture.

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