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BAFFOUR’S BEFS 8 Doing a luissuarez COVER STORY 10 South Africa: The Mandela many have never seen LETTER FROM LAGOS 20 Nigeria’s show of shame FEATURES 22 Africa at 50: Getting rid of the colonial mentality 26 Uganda: The terrorists will face justice 28 Ethiopia: A dam of contention 32 Kenya: Milindi space station gets new lease of life 36 Gambia: 16 years of Jammeh 40 Uganda: Is paying dowry a bad thing? 44 AU: Making peace happen in Africa NEM TRE 66 That was the World Cup that was! African Business AWARDS 68 Celebrating Africa, driving growth LEST WE FORGET 70 To The Beautiful One Not Yet Born FOCUS 73 Swaziland hosts COMESA summit REFLECTIONS 78 What do Diasporan Africans owe Africa? SPECIAL REPORT 80 Corporate Social Responsibility in Africa HEALTH 88 African nurses and doctors can now sleep easy 92 Malawi: Maternal mortality rate unacceptable THE INTERVIEW 94 Africa: What aid does to the continent THE ARTS 98 Sierra Leone: Writer wins Caine Prize 102 The art of the Congo BACK TO THE FUTURE 106 Africans and slavery AFRICAN FOTBAL 50 World Cup: Ghana, so close yet so far 53 Editor’s note: A time for reckoning 54 World Cup 2010: Africa’s bitter disappointment 60 Star interview: Ghana’s Asamoah Gyan 64 Despatches: What next for South Africa?

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