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May/June 2008

Is It Africa's Turn?

In the forum, Edward Miguel is optimistic about growth in Africa. Olu Ajakaiye, Paul Collier, Rachel Glennerster, and others respond. Plus, William Hogeland on Pete Seeger and William F. Buckley; Zakes Mda on South African fiction; Patricia Engel’s contest-winning short story, and more.

 

 

Essays

State of the Nation: The media and other matters
Stephen Ansolabehere
Breakout: Hamas and the end of the two-state solution
Helena Cobban
The Unending War: Argentina’s quest for justice
Sam Ferguson
American Dreamers: Pete Seeger, William F. Buckley, Jr., and public history
William Hogeland
The Bitter End: Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism
Justify the Enemy: Becoming human in South Africa
Zakes Mda

Fiction

Desaliento
The winner of Boston Review’s 15th annual fiction contest, Patricia Engel

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