Browse de Figueiredo, Antonio

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The children of rape--my first article for New African: the Children of Rape was the headline of my first article/cover story for New African in November 1966, then called New African Development.		Dec 1, 2006	1692
Africa, a continent (still) for the taking: after many centuries of slavery and colonialist rule, Africa is still politically so vulnerable to looting from outsiders with or without association with unscrupulous and corrupt Africans themselves.		Nov 1, 2006	1614
The lessons of 1948: by coincidence, 1948 saw both the formal adoption of the system of apartheid in South Africa and the creation of the state of Israel. How do we explain this to the modern generations of Africans?		Aug 1, 2006	1681
China and Angola--too soon to tell: will the Chinese love-affair in Africa, especially in Angola, follow the same trajectory as the Soviet Union's in Africa before the fall of the Berlin Wall? Proceed with caution.		Jul 1, 2006	1602
How I became a Portuguese Africanist: not many people know that I am the oldest columnist of New African. Now you know. I often feel the loneliness of the true pan-Africanist fighters who are struck by the irrationality of the neglect of those African countries, such as the Congo, whose potential remains largely untapped.		Jun 1, 2006	1651
Will the Queen apologise for slavery?		May 1, 2006	1575
'The last task of the oppressed is to enlighten the oppressors'.		Apr 1, 2006	1715
Africa: the Portuguese connection.		Mar 1, 2006	1690
Nkrumah and the forgotten Anglo-Portuguese Alliance.		Feb 1, 2006	1761
Who spied on me?		Jan 1, 2006	1880
When planning for a year, sow corn.		Dec 1, 2005	1659
Understanding Angola.		Nov 1, 2005	1565
What we owe to Africa: the "rich" West owes more to Africa than Africa owes to the rest of the world. Without African contribution, the Portuguese would not have held or developed Brazil. Happy birthday Angola.		Oct 1, 2005	1615
The price of progress: Cape Verde and Sao Tome celebrated 30 years of independence on 5 and 12 July respectively. Despite the post-independence problems that dogged the progress of both countries, it has been a long 30 years worth remembering.		Aug 1, 2005	1529
Is corruption a new racial stereotype? If, as most religions claim, there is posthumous divine reward for those who have suffered on earth, then the heavens must be full of black people. I do not have to go further than my own library to re-learn this.		Jul 1, 2005	1662
Happy birthday, Mozambique: 25 June will mark 30 years since Mozambique became an independent nation. It is hoped that the recently-elected President Armando Guebuza will be able to continue the notable economic recovery that obtained at the turn of the century.		Jun 1, 2005	1463
New Pope, little hope.		May 1, 2005	1618
We will all be watching: my main objection to the Commission for Africa's Report is that it sets its remit "to contemporary realities" rather than their past deeper causes.		Apr 1, 2005	1525
The realities of aid discrimination; America gives Israel (population: 6 million; land size: same as Swaziland or Guinea Bissau) $3 billion annually in aid, while it gives 48 black African countries (population: over 600 million) just about $1 billion a year. Discuss.		Mar 1, 2005	1606
Mozambique and Angola--the communist episode: as a lifelong member of the resistance against dictatorship and colonisation, I am only too happy that the independence of Mozambique and Angola had also a positive impact on the continuing struggle for black emancipation in Southern Africa.		Feb 1, 2005	1491
R.W. Johnson Mark II: unable to find anything really shocking to say about the first decade of the ANC government, including corruption on a scale comparable to that of even other Western democracies, R.W. Johnson turns to Aids. Africa will overcome. Happy New Year and Happy New Century.		Jan 1, 2005	1477
Sit down, R. W. Johnson; An old African proverb sums it up in a few words: "until the lions have their own historians, the stories of hunting will always glorify the hunters." R. W. Johnson had better sit down.		Dec 1, 2004	1556
The times of utopia: "now do not dream; Good patient friend; That you have seen; The search's end; That's beyond me; That's out ahead! By you--to be continued ...".		Nov 1, 2004	1705
In defence of Teresa Heinz Kerry.	Letter to the Editor	Oct 1, 2004	463
Updating the black struggle; Recently The Economist--which these days could simply change its name to The Businessman--wrote: "Portugal was the first African colony in Europe." Blacks in the Diaspora are tired of the Brazilian-style "marginalisation" which they have suffered from for much longer than the term has internationally been applied to Africa.		Oct 1, 2004	1593
A 'SPY' for black people.		Aug 1, 2004	1634
Afrikaner grandchildren will survive in dignity: I know enough about the real South Africa, the birthplace of my grandson and, so far, three great granddaughters already born under black majority rule. They will survive, as Afrikaners say, in justice and dignity.		Jul 1, 2004	1641
West Africa: don't let history repeat itself.		Jun 1, 2004	1480
Colonialism is back in fashion: not long ago, many Western scholars looked down on such terms like "imperialism" and "exploitation". Now a new encyclopaedia on colonialism is about to be published (cover price: $285). It is a sign that Western curriculum on the subject is finally catching up with the times.	Book Review	May 1, 2004	1300
A different kind of coup: as Portugal seeks to build new partnerships with its former African colonies, we should not lose sight of the importance of the 25th April 1974 coup in Lisbon. It even speeded up the demise of Ian Smith's regime in Zimbabwe and apartheid in South Africa.		Apr 1, 2004	1339
Happy birthday, Senator Nascimento: ever heard of Senator Abdias do Nascimento (photo, opposite page)? A glorious fighter for the advancement of the African-descended people of Brazil, he was the first black Brazilian senator. He is 90 this month. May he continue to give longevity a good name for many years to come.	Biography	Mar 1, 2004	1440
The new face of imperialism.		Feb 1, 2004	1502
Cultural Materialism, born in Africa: Cultural Materialism attempts to explain why throughout history, from slavery to colonial rule, exploitation involved co-operation and partnership with local ruling classes, or why after independence the African middle classes adapted to whatever new order was, and still is, imposed from outside.	Obituary	Oct 1, 2003	1474
Africa--failed states or failed systems: Africans know much more about the Western world than the world knows about Africa. And they don't want compassion, they want co-operation. They know that really there are no "failed" states or continents. It is a world divided between a few rich and most poor that has failed to live up to the full capacity of justice and humankind.		Aug 1, 2003	1509
Brazil -- the black stake. (Lest We Forget).		Feb 1, 2003	1587
Weapons of mass hypocrisy. (Lest We Forget).		Nov 1, 2002	1483