Long Walk to Freedom — The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
It is highly unusual for a Head of State to publish his memoirs while still in office, but President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is not your typical leader. Nor is Long Walk to Freedom like your typical Canadian political autobiography in which an…
Guerre et paix au Moyen-orient et en Afrique / War and Peace in the Middle East and Africa
Le sous-ministre adjoint consulte sa montre. Il attend toujours les nouvelles du Haut Commissariat à Kenya sur les soeurs disparues au Rwanda. Il est quatorze trente dans la plupart des postes de sa région. Les priorités canadiennes dans la région sont au…
Soweto — City of Dark and Light
“What is Soweto really like?” I couldn’t count the number of times I’ve been asked that. Soweto resonates in the imagination of Canadians as the very symbol of black suffering under Apartheid. But how do you describe the largest township in South…
Uprooting Poverty, the South African Challenge
The main value of this long book, in this reviewer’s opinion, is that it provides indisputable evidence of the direct linkage between political powerlessness and poverty. Another important theme is the vicious circle which coils around poor people. It is nearly impossible…
Freedom is Rising: Popular Black Music in South Africa
Dedicated to David Webster, friend, African music lover and human rights worker murdered May 1, 1989 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The Under-Secretary on Canadian Foreign Policy
At one of PAFSO’s breakfast seminars in March, the Under-Secretary spoke on the potential vulnerability of Canada’s economic and social interests in a changing world.
Lest we forget
Before we Canadians become too self-satisfied about the manner in which we are planning to teach the South Africans how to deal with their native peoples by creating Bantustans, let us just reflect on the manner in which we have been treating…
Rapport du comité professionnel
Au cours du dernier trimestre, les lève-tôt ont eu droit à plusieurs déjeuners-causeries d’un grand intérêt. Le Coordonnateur du Sommet francophone, Ernest Hébert a présenté un exposé important et majeur sur la performance du Premier Ministre lors du Sommet; moins indiscret que…
Advice Forgotten
by Alfred Pick
