Bahutu Manifesto (1957)

Bahutu Manifesto (1957)

by HurstRyan | May 22, 2009 | Events, Global African History

The Bahutu Manifesto, drafted by nine Rwandan Hutu intellectuals in 1957, was a political document that called for Hutu ethnic and political solidarity, as well as the political disfranchisement of the Tutsi people. It served as the political pretext for the Rwandan...
Chinua Achebe (1930-2013)

Chinua Achebe (1930-2013)

by FaalCourtney | Mar 29, 2009 | Global African History, People

Chinua Achebe of Nigeria was one of the most famous 20th Century African writers.  He published his first novel Things Fall Apart in 1958 and has since published four more novels and a series of short stories, essays, and other literature.  Much of Achebe’s work...