Hélène Michaud visits Uganda, more than 20 years after Idi Amin ordered 50,000 Asians to leave Uganda, accusing them of sabotaging the country’s economy. In 1992, President Yoweri Museveni invited […]
Monthly Archives: November 1994
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For decades, the Japanese young person’s recipe for success later in life has gone something like this: study hard, pass exams, get into the best university, get a job for […]
As the British raj left the Indian subcontinent in 1947, the rulers of the princely states were given the right to join India or Pakistan. One maharaja, wanting full independence […]
Eric Beauchemin visits Bombay, which at the time had a population of 10 to 15 million people. The city is comparable to the many sprawling urban areas emerging through the […]
In 1994. the now world famous annual Poetry International festival in Rotterdam celebrated its 25th anniversary. One of our programmes marked the occasion by featuring several of the African […]
India is fighting a losing battle to achieve literacy for all. The country’s population is growing so quickly that the educational system simply cannot keep up. Every year, India needs […]