History · September, 2019

History · September, 2019
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Stories about History from September, 2019

Zanzibar's one and only music academy on the brink of closure

Sub-Saharan Africa22 September 2019

For the 1,800 talented students who have trained at the DCMA, this is the only musical home they know, where they can learn and grow as professional musicians and artists.

Once hotbeds of political resistance, Czech secondhand bookstores are slowly disappearing

Eastern & Central Europe18 September 2019

The few surviving "antikvariat" have turned into nostalgia museums.

Cameroon on a path to ‘national dialogue’ as Anglophone crisis continues

Sub-Saharan Africa18 September 2019

Cameroon's national dialogues were announced amidst ongoing violence and a new surge of refugees fleeing insecurity — including intimidation, lockdowns and school closures — in the Anglophone northwest and southwest...

Street-side vendors of Zanzibar’s iconic ‘kanga’ textiles forced to close up shop after 30 years

Sub-Saharan Africa16 September 2019

Kanga sellers in Stone Town, Zanzibar, were told their street-side stalls are "unauthorized informal businesses" that clutter passageways, impinge on Stone Town's original charm and reduces its value.

Filipino community radio stations struggle to survive amid attacks and difficulties

East Asia15 September 2019

"If the marginalized are underserved by the mass media establishment, they must be allowed to be their own voice."

Locked down in Kashmir: A traveler's view

South Asia13 September 2019

It's been more than a month since the Indian government placed the state of Kashmir on lockdown. A Bangladeshi traveller shares her experience of visiting the region during that period.

A proposed administrative shift in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church stokes ethnic, religious tensions

Sub-Saharan Africa13 September 2019

Oromo clerics say the EOTC expects Oromo churchgoers to worship in Ge’ez, the church’s liturgical language, or Amharic, the working language of Ethiopia's federal government.

Sedition charge against union leader sparks debate about freedom of speech in Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean9 September 2019

The legislation is being called into question following the arrest of a prominent trade union leader, over fears it infringes on freedom of speech rights.

Reading Kashmir: Understanding the conflict through its fiction and memoirs

South Asia8 September 2019

Want to really understand the Kashmir conflict from an insider's perspective? Global Voices presents a list of essential reading by Kashmiris and authors with first-hand knowledge of the region.

Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe dies, leaving behind a ‘very complicated legacy’

Sub-Saharan Africa6 September 2019

A leader in the liberation struggle, Mugabe’s final years in office were characterized by a catastrophic economic collapse, violent land seizures, abductions, intimidation and a vicious power struggle.