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Drawing on a rich cast of eye-witnesses - ranging from nationalists and colonial administrators to soldiers, spies, and courtesans - The Poisoned Well brings to life the story of the making of the Middle East, highlighting the great dramas of decolonization such as the end of th…
Even from the early Sanskrit tradition, theatre has been used in India to address social issues. Folk theatre publicly admonished evil-doers in society, and in the 19th century it became an important medium for raising popular consciousness against British rule. As the Independe…
Prisons are on the increase from the United States to China, as ever-larger proportions of humanity find themselves behind bars. While prisons now span the world, we know little about their history in global perspective. Rather than interpreting the prison's proliferation as the…
"In September 1996, in the aftermath of the Rwandese Genocide, a multinational African force led by Rwanda invaded what was then Zaire, with the aim of crushing the remnants of the genocidaire regime and of overthrowing that long time friend of the West, the dictator Marshal Mob…
Poetry of the Taliban
by Strick van Linschoten, Alex, Kuehn, Felix, Rahmany, Mirwais, Stanikzai, Hamid, Taliban
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"The name Robert Mugabe has become synonymous with failed leadership in Africa. One of the first atrocities of his shocking reign became known as the 'Gukurahundi' - a series of politically motivated killings in the 1980s. Thousands of civilians were killed in Matabeleland in th…