BLACK SUNDANCE 2021 —SEMI VIRTUAL FESTIVAL
January 21, 2021
New works by Shaka King, Octavia Butler, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, and more.
Breaking News
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Ivory Coast
African Cocoa Growers Take Hard Line on Prices – Better Ones Or Else!
June 18, 2019
Strike! That’s the sound of the world’s top two producers of cocoa who say they are suspending their sales for better prices. The governments of Ivory Coast and Ghana are trying this time-honored strategy to address the imbalance between farmers’ income and money made by foreign commodity markets who scoop up most of the profit. If the strategy sounds familiar, it’s the same one described in the Greek play Lysistrata where the women withheld affection from their husbands in order to secure peace and end the Peloponnesian War. Currently, the majority of money does not reach the farmers who live
Retirement Pledge in Doubt as Ivory Coast President Eyes a Run For 10 More Years
June 7, 2018
In a recent interview with a French magazine, Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara revealed his vision of two more terms in office despite having repeatedly said he would step down at the end of his second term in 2020.
Lawyers Building Case Against Gambian Ex-President Over Mass Killing of Refugees
May 31, 2018
Kyere was selling shoes in Ghana and the Ivory Coast when he decided to use his savings to travel to Senegal and then to Europe. His plan fell apart when the boat used by migrants ran out of fuel and beached in the Gambia. The group was arrested, detained for a week in Banjul and beaten.
Farmers Reap ‘Bitter Chocolate’ as Unrest Rocks Ivory Coast
May 17, 2017
But many ordinary Ivorians have yet to see the benefits of growth.
Media Under The Gun For Reporting Actual Facts
February 15, 2017
His statement came after elite forces became the latest troops to strike over unpaid bonuses in recent weeks, firing their weapons into the air in the army barracks town of Adiake.