Category Archives: Africa

On How We Go To War

Posted on 20 March 2011 by Robert

Amid all the frantic late night comments about the UN resolution to finally act in Libya, this tweet from @techsoc stood out: All intervention is risky & w/ great downsides. A non-intervention is also an intervention; letting Gaddafi kill using … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, History, Human Rights, Iraq, Middle East, New Labour | 4 Comments

Chimanmanda Adichie’s Single Story

Posted on 1 September 2010 by Robert

“I have always felt that it is impossible to engage properly with a place or a person, without engaging with all the stories of that place and that person. ” Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Books, Multiculturalism | Leave a comment

Southern Hemisphere

Posted on 23 October 2009 by Robert

I am in South Africa and may well be posting thoughts about it to Twitter. As you were. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robertsharp.co.uk%2F2009%2F10%2F23%2Fsouthern-hemisphere%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Southern+Hemisphere’; addthis_pub = ”;

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Guardian Gagged

Posted on 13 October 2009 by Robert

If it is any consolation, the order papers are in the public domain, so those with a mind to do so have followed the trail. Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Globalisation, Media, UK | 1 Comment

Why They Cheer

Posted on 23 August 2009 by Robert

There has been plenty of outrage over the release of Lockerbie Bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi. The scenes of him arriving in Libya to a hero’s welcome have provoked disgust in the UK. Why cheer a terrorist? It’s worth considering the situation … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Debate, Terrorism | 7 Comments

Social Cost of Slavery

Posted on 2 February 2009 by Robert

The unease of great-grandparents long-since buried, still festers in the soul, and it cannot be excised by education, science or modernity. Continue reading →

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From the Archives

Posted on 18 December 2008 by Robert

Now permalinks are the norm, its unusual to lose anything you’ve written online. We are Funes. However, now CSS is also the norm, it is possible to lose the design of any given page. For example, the posts from my … Continue reading →

Posted in Diary, Internet Philosophy, Visual, Zimbabwe | Leave a comment

Islamists in Morocco?

Posted on 30 July 2008 by Robert

I was in Morocco less that two weeks ago on holiday, and this doesn’t sound like the place I visited. Continue reading →

Posted in Morocco, Terrorism | Leave a comment

Fes Alley

Posted on 17 July 2008 by Robert

Incredibly, these lanes receive excellent mobile phone reception. What did the ancients know that we have forgotten? Continue reading →

Posted in Morocco, Photo-Blog | 1 Comment

Tsvangirai detained

Posted on 5 June 2008 by Robert

Photo from the Sokwanele Flickr Photostream In an entirely predictable move, Mugabe arrests Tsvangirai ahead of the presidential run-off vote in Zimbabwe (via F/P). This is what happens when the state has too much power. The reason why we have … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Rights, Zimbabwe | 2 Comments