May 23, 2013
I have been traveling though West Africa. I have not seen a lot but I have seen enough to make some early judgments. You cannot take...
There has been much talk on Africa’s renaissance especially by the World Bank and the African Development Bank. This...
The say you do not choose who your neighbors are, there is no doubt however that Somalia is as a bad as a neighbor can get. As a...
Is Africa truly rising? It depends on where you are looking at it from. If you look at it from where we used to be then you’d...
African Liberty launches $3000 essay competition
The Nation CAMPUSLIFE in collaboration with Blantyre newspaper, Malawi, AfricanLiberty.org and Network for a Free Society, is calling for entries into an essay competition. [Learn More!]
Students and Young Professionals African Liberty Academy 2013
This year’s Students and Young Professional African Liberty Academy Seminar will be held at Kabarak University - Nakuru, Kenya from August 14-17, 2013.
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We are happy to announce that our Swahili version of notable libertarian texts are now available. We would be publishing the works of Frederick Bastiat, John Staurt Mill, Freidrich Hayek, Cato, Tom Palmer, and many others. We would be grateful if our Swahili speaking friends will spread the word in East Africa in particular.
1. Hernando de Soto's, "Bringing Capitalism to the Masses"
2. Erik Gartzke’s, "Economic Freedom and Peace"
3. F. A. Hayek’s, "The Use of Knowledge in Society"
4. F. A. Hayek’s , "Competition as a Discovery Procedure"
5. Ludwig Lachmann's, "The Market Economy and the Distribution of Wealth"
6. Frederic Bastiat's, "What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen"
In a rejoinder to the editor of the New York Times, Prof. Donald J. Boudreaux, Chairman, Department of Economics at George Mason University dispels the myth that 'access to lower-cost sources of goods and services [from poor countries] causes poverty in America.
China's entrant into on going anti-piracy 'battles' in the Gulf of Eden raises more questions about her real motives in the Horn of Africa.
Our regular columnist, Rejoice Ngwenya shares his experiences on his annual pre-Christmas pilgrimage to South Africa, ostensibly to buy groceries that otherwise cost an arm and a leg in Mugabe's 'grave yard'.
In keeping with IMANI's oft-repeated assertion that civil society ought to take the lead in defining the terms of national discourse concerning the national agenda, we have decided to set in motion a national debate on the economy using as our principal guidepost the ongoing global economic crisis.
