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Ethiopia: Urgent Call and Appeal for Peace

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Urgent Call and Appeal for Peace in Ethiopia from Citizens of the Horn of Africa

We, the undersigned citizens of countries of the Horn of Africa, condemn in the strongest possible terms the outbreak and escalation of open warfare in Ethiopia. We are saddened by the attendant losses of life, property, infrastructure and opportunities. We deplore in equally strong terms further stoking of the conflict. 

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Questioning Racism in the Indian Diaspora: Cultural Perspectives

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"Questioning Racism in the India Diaspora: Cultural Perspectives" was a panel convened by the Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET) of Lund University on June 16, 2020. It featured panelists Amrita Ghosh, Rohit K. Dasgupta, Aruni Kashyap and Bhakti Shringarpure. Below is a video recording along with excerpts from the transcript.

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African Authors Sans Frontieres in Solidarity with African-Americans

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As African writers without borders who are connected beyond  geography with those who live in the United States of America and other parts of the African diaspora, we state that we condemn the acts of violence on Black people in the United States of America. We note in dismay that what Malcolm X said in Ghana in 1964 that “for the twenty million of us in America who are of African descent, it’s not an American dream; it’s an American nightmare” remains true for 37 million in 2020.

We condemn the murders of:

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