From the Editor-in-Chief With Ghana marking its 50th independence anniversary, Africa is firmly in middle age. But has mid-life crisis struck at African identity? Our cover story explores the struggle for national identities in various countries.
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We analyse how Sudan is importing friendship while exporting war and a look at the women writers spreading love in our arts pages. We also assess the turbulent times gripping Nigeria ahead of general elections and ask whether the men in khaki will keep at bay to allow a smooth handover of power. Plus: Uganda's Big Daddy on the big screen as The Last King of Scotland. All in this big read... Joseph Warungu, Editor-in-Chief
Also in BBC Focus on Africa Magazine this quarter:
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- A state of the nation update ahead of NIGERIA's 2007 elections
- An assessment of SUDAN's contradictory foreign policy
- The power of the SOMALI vote in Minneapolis, USA
- A chat with the UN secretary general elect, Mr Ban Ki-moon
- A look at the MySpace phenomenon in Africa
COLUMNISTS Mukoma wa Ngugi: Beware donor money
Rashid Abdi: The Scramble for Somalia
Ngozi Okojo-Iweala: Don't fear China
Judy Kibingbe: Moving stories
Kalusha Bwalya: Thumbs up for South Africa 2010 | **Free online content |
ABOUT US • Meet the presenter with claws at our partner station Ghana's Joy FM
• Listeners become judges for the AFRICA RADIO AWARDS
• Farewell to Martin Davies who leaves his post as editor of African productions | **Free online content |
BUSINESS Money flows from the East: Lloyd Amoah meets Chinese investors in Africa
Growing Together: Sarah Grainger explains how companies are increasingly seeing countries in east Africa as a single market
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Flying in the Face of Adversity: Nick Ericsson assesses the state of Africa's airline industry ARTS
Special feature - Cinema - The Last King of Scotland: acclaim for Hollywood movie depicting Idi Amin
- Zeitgeist or Poltergeist: The use of the 'African experience' in recent film-making
- Rebuffing Hollywood: Ethiopia's film audiences prefer their locally-made movies
Literature: Women writers express their love FROM YOU If I was President - Stamping out Kenyan corruption Your snaps: you've been out and about with your cameras, we have some highlightsA visit to a Fulani market in Nigeria SPORT Football: How Africa ranks on the world stage
Athletics: A peek into the life of Meseret Defar SATIRE
Memoirs of A Spin Master
Focus on Africa's master of spin is hired as an image consultant in the DR Congo
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