Thirty African countries have laws against homosexuality, but debate still rages over whether homophobia is endemic to Africa or a European import. âLeftover colonial lawsâ against queerness are only partially responsible, said Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed, a professor of journalism and mass communications at the University of Georgia and author of the article, âDeconstructing homosexuality in Ghana.â In societies that were already homophobic before colonization, said Dr Mohammed, âthese colonial laws worked in tandem with homophobic societal norms.â American evangelicals also contribute to anti-queerness in Africa.
Rwanda's democratic opposition leader says âthere is no space for people to speak freely and peacefully and engage in real democratic process in Rwanda.â
Almost half a year after the siege of the Venezuelan embassy by a right-wing mob, a journalist who helped defend the embassy has been thrown in jail.
San Francisco singer sitting in a Manhattan restaurant, ringlets trickling down âround Angelic paper bag brown face, like sweat gathering on her glass of white wine.
BAR will never stop linking the conditions of apartheid America with the imperialist wars waged against the people of Libya, Syria, or anywhere else.
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