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Emira Woods @ Women Ambassadors Conference @ Howard University

03 Thursday Apr 2014

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Emira Woods, female parliamtentarians in Africa, gender parity in Africa, Howard University, IPS, pan-Africanism, Women Ambassadors Conference

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Yesterday I ventured to Howard University to hear Emira Woods of the Institute for Policy Studies speak on Militarism in Africa, primarily through the recent examples of the Central African Republic and Mali.  The occasion for this talk was the 19th annual Women Ambassadors Conference.  The Conference continues today and tomorrow.  I understand that seven of the 23 female ambassadors resident in DC will be present tomorrow as well as the female Ambassador of the African Union to the US. Continue reading →

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ADNA/Emira Woods Vs. CGD/Todd Moss (Virtual Square Off)

22 Saturday Jun 2013

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ActionAid USA, ADNA, Africa land grab, big business in Africa, Blaise Compaoré, Center for Global Development, Emira Woods, Meles Zenawi, militarization of Africa, Obama Africa trip, Obama deliverables, Todd Moss, US Africa Policy, Yoweri Museveni

I don’t want to talk about Obama’s impending Africa trip too much, as it seems to be more under the purview of a DC in Africa blog rather than Africa in DC.  That said, it is a relatively monumental development that is getting a lot of attention, so it cannot be ignored.  I’ll try to contribute to the conversation in my own (hopefully innovative) way.

Several progressive groups, including the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), ActionAid, and TransAfrica (collectively they constitute the Africa Advocacy Network, ADNA) will convene at the National Press club at lunchtime this Monday on the eve of Obama’s departure.  They will “release a policy briefing book and an open letter statement critical of the Obama Administration’s policy toward Africa and calling for a new approach to trade and investment, militarization, land grabs and more in the region.”

As Emira Woods of IPS notes in the press release, “President Obama’s trip is likely to focus on trade and investment, but actually U.S. policy toward Africa has been driven by militarization and land grabs (ed – I’d say that’s more true in some places than others).”

Meanwhile, Todd Moss, who I critiqued in one of my more popular posts, is asking “What’s on the Deliverables List?” for Obama’s trip.  Right off the bat, he buys into a Washington Consensus.  His opening sentence states,”for good or ill, high profile visits by the President of the United States always come with some major new announcements, AKA ‘deliverables’.”  He then lists some economic options on the table for Obama that “require no new money.”

Moss, didn’t hesitate to mince his words when criticizing ZANU – PF in his recent Congressional testimony.  I wish he would have had the same courage to challenge some of the basic tenants of US African policy.

I agree with the ADNA team.  The US supports many autocrats, such as Blaise Compaore and Yoweri Museveni (until his death Meles Zenawi was another great example) who may be friendly to international businesses, but have governance policies hostile to equitable development.

To conclude on an Africa travel note, our ongoing support for those leaders makes Obama’s reluctance to visit Kenya during his Presidency look ridiculous.

A Zombie Killer goes to Harare to Find what is Available in DC

21 Thursday Feb 2013

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Christianity in Zimbabwe, Danai Gurira, DC African Theatre, Emira Woods, Michonne, The Convert, The Walking Dead, Zombie Killers in Africa

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On my commute to work this morning, I read an article in the Express (Out of Africa, a Play is Born) on a play, The Convert, currently being shown at DC’s Woolly Mammoth Theatre (interesting name).  The play apparently tracks “the violent European colonization of Africa” via the case of a young female convert to Christianity in modern day Zimbabwe.  The play is the product of Danai Gurira, best known to the masses as the new sword wielding character in the 3rd season of the AMC’s The Walking Dead. Continue reading →

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