Nathan Nunn (UBC): The Long-Term Effects of Africa’s Slave Trades (and more). "When will the postcolonial hangover end?": Instead of marking a new beginning, the EU-Africa summit ended in bickering over new trade deals between the two continents. Africa Rising: Democracy is expanding, conflicts are ebbing, economies are growing at a healthy clip — the untold story of a continent that is surprising the pessimists. As the presidential contenders squabble over the leadership of the scandal-hit ANC, an Aids-ravaged South Africa is left to wonder what happened to the dream of the Rainbow Nation. A review of Diamonds, Gold and War: The Making of South Africa by Martin Meredith. A look at how Somalia is completing its devolutionary cycle. Is there hope for a new Zimbabwe after Mugabe? Arthur Mutambara is

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