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Rokia Traore visits Malian refugees
Rokia Traore visited Goudoubo camp, Burkina Faso. The camp hosts some 10,000 Malian refugees who fled a conflict that erupted in January 2012 between […]
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Art & Peace
Technology Robots invade the streets of Kinshasa
By Habibou Bangré in Kinshasa The giant robotic policemen are preventing accidents – and racketeering by dishonest officials. Drivers in gridlocked Kinshasa want […]
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African Music Legends Pay Homage to Mandela
African superstars Johnny Clegg and Youssou N’Dour paid homage on Sunday to late South African icon Nelson Mandela at the 20th edition of the […]
Activism
Silent Grace: A Film Review By Sumeet Grover
Silent Grace is an award-winning 2004 film, directed by filmmaker Maeve Murphy. It documents a disturbing chapter of Northern Ireland’s nonviolent dirty protests […]
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PICTURE RIO: WHY SO MANY BRAZILIANS HATE THE WORLD CUP By Eugene Reznik
Mario Tama, a staff photographer for Getty Images, first caught my eye a few months ago with this disturbing photo above taken in what […]
Art & Peace
The film Zulu, 50 years on: classic or racist? By Kimon de Greef
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the film “Zulu”. While some consider it a classic, others see it as offensive and racist. This […]
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11June – 11 July 2O14 Artist Lida Sheraftmand : Internals Worlds, External Relations with the London School of Economics, London
The exhibition is to be opened by the High Commissioner of Malta to the United Kingdom, His Excellency Norman Hamilton Visit her website […]
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The Zaire School of Popular Painting: An Art of Independence
The Zaire School of Popular Painting emerged as an artistic movement in the 1970s and has tracked the vibrant life of its capital, Kinshasa, […]
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Nigerian Photographer Rotimi Fani Kayode: Exposing Prejudice Through the Nude
Spiritual and homosexual, the photographs of Rotimi Fani-Kayode have allowed us to re-evaluate what constitutes black African male sexuality. The Nigerian-born photographer was one […]
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Asa is back with “Dead Again”
After a three-year break from the scene, Nigeria’s Asa is back with a new single. Recently arrived, “Dead Again” showcases the sharp lyrics and […]
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AND I STILL RISE–RIP MAYA ANGELOU
R.I.P. legendary author, poet and activist Maya Angelou. “In addition to her well-known autobiographies, Maya Angelou has steadily written poetry over the years. In […]
Art & Peace
The Rise in Consciousness: Rebirth of revolutionary African music by OUSAINOU MBENGA
The role that music plays in the African liberation struggle against exploitation and oppression has suffered a relative set back in recent years. But […]
Media
AMANDLA: A revolution in 4 part harmony Directed by Lee Hirsch
Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This internationally acclaimed film is the intense and triumphant story of how music kept alive […]
Art & Peace
Urbain, Olivier, editor. Music and Conflict Transformation: Harmonies and Dissonances in Geopolitics. 2008. I.B. Tauris, UK, in collaboration with the Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research, Tokyo, Japan. BY THERESA WOLFWOOD. DIRECTOR, THE BARNARD-BOECKER CENTRE FOUNDATION
“Music has an inexplicable way of elevating humankind to its noblest action.” Youssou N´Dour, Senegalese singer “…creative ability is a quintessential part of being […]
Activism
We Stand With Our Sister: Stop the Attacks on Myrlande Liberis-Pavert and the Lavalas Movement
A Statement from Haiti Action Committee On Friday, January 17, it was reported by news agencies that a Haitian judge investigating the assassination of […]