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ContentsNEWAFRICANThebestsellingpan-Africanmagazine,foundedin1966

NOVEMBER 2010 ISSUE 500 WWW.AFRICASIA.COM

10 STILL WE RISE

This issue of NewAfricanis our 500th since the magazine was established in October 1966 – no mean achievement. As such, we are celebrating with a special historic issue reflecting Africa’s struggles, successes and failures. All in all, it is a commemorative edition you will want to keep.

INSIDERS/500TH 4 Intro: 500 and still we rise! 6 Afif Ben Yedder: My first issue 8 Alan Rake: TheNewAfricanstory 12 Baffour Ankomah: All issues great and small REMINISCENCE/500TH 20 Cameron Duodu: A long lens 22 Clayton Goodwin: Good old days RETROSPECTIVE/500TH 26 Anwar Sadat: The man they couldn’t weep for 30 Julius Nyerere: A disgrace that we have to import food 32 South Africa: Do they have a nuclear bomb? 36 Wangari Maathai:

Women march slow in Kenya 38 Robert Mugabe: We would rather

Smith got all the seats, and we got all the soldiers 42 Nkrumah: Old soldiers never die 46 René Dumont: You only listen to Cassandra when Troy is on fire FOCUS ON SADC 51 Deeper regional integration

AFRICAN BANKER AWARDS 56 Africa’s finest bankers shine SPECIAL REPORT 59 Tourism: Africa’s heartbeat but… CURRENT/500TH 64 Mandela: Conversations with myself 68 ACBF: Quietly brilliant 72 Nigeria: How long will

Jonathan’s good luck last? ICONS/500TH 78 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf:

African women will lead in the future 80 Thabo Mbeki: Who will define Africa? 84 Kofi Annan: I see Africa’s green revolution 86 John Kufuor: Why grooming for leadership is essential 88 Mo Ibrahim: Africa ready for take-off! 90 Kenneth Kaunda: Still we rise! 94 Felix Konotey-Ahulu: Only the best is good enough for Africa 96 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie:

The role of literature in modern Africa 97 Philip Emeagwali: Africa can leapfrog into Information Age 98 Henry Bonsu: The African voice in the diaspora