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1.	Burkina Faso: The revolution and the emancipation of women:
	Author: Amber Murrey	Date Written: 20 June 2012
	Primary Category: History	Document Origin: Pambazuka News, Issue 590
	Secondary Category: Gender	Source URL: http://pambazuka.org/
	Key Words: Burkina Faso,Thomas Sankara, women, transformation
	Summary & Comment: On the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Thomas Sankara, his life and work reminds us of both the power and potential for women to enact transformation... During four years as the president of Burkina Faso, Sankara placed women’s resistance agency at the centre of the revolution. He saw women’s struggles for equal rights as a focal point of . . . [expand]
2.	Contested pasts: Memory’s selective, misleading and emotional history
	Author: David Bargueno	Date Written: 2 December 2011
	Primary Category: History	Document Origin: Mail and Guardian
	Secondary Category: Southern Region	Source URL: http://mg.co.za/
	Key Words: History, memory, apartheid, colonialism
	Summary & Comment: How do we remember the past? Should we rely on memories or formal history, the latter of which is often biased, politicized and inaccurate? The realm of public history negotiates this dialogue between the past and present, through museums, memorials and days like "Heritage Day" in South Africa or "Columbus Day" in the United Sta . . . [expand]
3.	Kwoyelo amnesty leaves justice at crossroads
	Author: Moses Odokonyero & Bili Oketch	Date Written: 26 November 2011
	Primary Category: History	Document Origin: The Daily Monitor
	Secondary Category: Eastern Region	Source URL: http://www.monitor.co.ug/
	Key Words: Uganda, justice, amnesty, international law
	Summary & Comment: The granting of amnesty to Thomas Kwoyelo, charged with 12 crimes under the Geneva Convention for his role as a leader in the Lord’s Resistance Army, has been a recent focal point of transitional justice in Uganda. The decision is being appealed by the Attorney General, who argues that Kwoyelo’s amnesty should be overturned. Many legal scholars, pr . . . [expand]
4.	Plainly Speaking: Exploring the weaknesses of Africa’s ‘strongmen’
	Author: Nicholas Sengoba	Date Written: 15 November 2011
	Primary Category: History	Document Origin: The Daily Monitor
	Secondary Category: Eastern Region	Source URL: http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/
	Key Words: Politicians, government, corruption
	Summary & Comment: Nicholas Sengoba argues that the corruption of many African political leaders - or "big men" - is closely linked to their personal histories. Many were marginalized, traumatized or exposed to vulnerable situations as youth - experiences that left a psychological imprint. Their political behaviour, the author argues, can be explained by t . . . [expand]
5.	The new scramble for Africa
	Author: Conn Hallinan	Date Written: 14 September 2011
	Primary Category: History	Document Origin: Foreign Policy in Focus
	Secondary Category: Resource Extraction	Source URL: http://www.fpif.org/
	Key Words: United States, neocolonialism, oil, strategic interest, NATO
	Summary & Comment: Are we witnessing a new "scramble for Africa?" Conn Hallinan presents his view of the current resource scramble for oil and other energy sources led by the United States, linking it to the war in Libya, rivalry with China and the African Contingency Operation Training and Assistance Program. Hallinan argues that America’s actions in Afri . . . [expand]
6.	Democratic Republic of Congo: The heart of Western darkness
	Author: Asad Ismi	Date Written: 9 September 2011
	Primary Category: History	Document Origin: Southern Times
	Secondary Category: Central Region	Source URL: http://www.southerntimesafrica.com/
	Key Words: Imperialism, genocide, Patrice Lumumba, colonialism, neocolonialism
	Summary & Comment: Authour Asad Ismi offered a detailed look at the DR Congo’s devastating contact with the Western world, from King Leopold to current times. Along the way, he discusses tragic historical events such as Belgian colonialism, corrupt politics with Western puppets, the Rwandan genocide, and resource extraction. He places the DRC within the wider story . . . [expand]
7.	Angola: Locals went to ballot for second time three years ago
	Author: allAfrica.com	Date Written: 6 September 2011
	Primary Category: History	Document Origin: allAfrica.com
	Secondary Category: Angola	Source URL: http://allafrica.com/
	Key Words: Angola, politics, democracy, vote
	Summary & Comment: September 5th, 2011 marked the three year anniversary of Angola’s second ever democratic election. The election was characterized by strong voter turnout and numerous competing political parties. The next round of elections are scheduled for 2012. KBL