France’s colonial legacy in Africa is a somber reminder of the brutalities of empire. By Dr Halim Gençoğlu Colonialism is not satisfied merely with holding a people in its grip and emptying the native’s brain of all form and content. Frantz Fanon (The Wretched of the Earth) French legacy in West Africa (The Wretched of the Earth) French colonialism in ...
After a heated race, Madagascar’s high constitution court declared Andry Rajoelina the winner of the Malagasy elections on January 8th, confirming the election commission’s announcement a month prior. Rajoelina pulled in 55.66% of the vote, while his opponent, the pro-Western Mark Ravalomanana, received only 44%. Ravalomanana, however, has refused to admit defeat: it was his complaint of fraud which the ...