The inaugural issue of African Nebula is out. From Africa Spectrum, Leo J. de Haan (ISS): Perspectives on African Studies and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa; and Francis B. Nyamnjoh (Capetown): Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa: Reflections Inspired by Studies of Xenophobia in Cameroon and South Africa. Families flee homes in face of xenophobic violence in South Africa. Living in District 9: James McEnteer on the bad old (and new) days in South Africa. A review of books on Nelson Mandela. President Jacob Zuma announces that South Africa would stop recognising half the nation's traditional kings and queens, dismissing them as artificial creations of the apartheid regime. A review of books on the Cold War in Southern Africa. In central Africa, where on-air demagogues caused chaos in the 1990s, a Burundian radio broadcaster is playing with fire. Witches are overwhelming the courts in the Central African Republic — and that may be a good thing. Madagascar is celebrating 50 years of independence — and it's still in crisis. Africa is in the throes of election fever, but more voting does not necessarily mean more democracy. An article on the return of the African coup. Nobody's fault: We fail to notice many shades of grey in Africa. Africa has more serial-killers than US and Europe: Given to ritual murders and a sedentary lifestyle, African serial killers are quite peculiar.
