From Pambazuka News, a special issue on AU/OAU at 50, celebration and reflection. Morten Jerven (Simon Fraser): Africa's Accidental Advancement: How New Statistics Are Boosting the Continent's GDP. Rosa Brooks (Georgetown): Reflections on Kony 2012. Ogunrotifa Ayodeji (Edinburgh): Democratic Deficit: The Dark Side of Weberian Bureaucracy in Nigeria. How can Ghana avoid an oil curse? Michael Yamoah on lessons from Nigeria. East Africa is the world's latest hotspot for oil and gas exploration — will this be a boon or a curse in arid Turkana? Michael Pesek on regime change in African history. The African Century: The unlucky continent finally seems to be on a real path to growth, but is democracy essential to sustain Africa’s rise? Josh Kron on Mahmood Mamdani, an intellectual leader in African higher education. In a time of crisis, why are academics so quiet? Isaie Dougnon wants to know.
