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Nothing, says ANDY HEDGECOCK, can rescue this undistinguished amalgam of ponderous melodrama and shallow philosophical speculation
Assault on a continent exposed
A new Communist Party pamphlet looks into the ongoing pillage carried out by the West in Africa, says Kenny Coyle
JAMIE BRITTON invites readers to visit 3,500 locals as part of a marathon artistic pub crawl
JOHN GREEN welcomes a valuable and incisive analysis of a world become hyperpolitical but without the mass movement institutions to represent it
JAMES WALSH is moved by a provocative and original take on the relationship between ecology and architecture, and a plea to work with, not against, the materials and minerals of our world
An immersive, participatory display by a queer Australian Aboriginal performer, and a rebellious unravelling of traditional Scottish dance
The New Scramble for Africa (CPB, £2) Available from the CPB.
With the musical monstrosity that is Band Aid 30 in the charts, the image of Africa as a helpless victim saved only by the kindly condescension of the West is back again.
Different words, same old tune.
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As the Alliance of Sahel States and southern African nations advance pan-African goals, the African Union must listen and learn rather than parroting the Western line on these positive developments, writes ROGER McKENZIE