Mustafa al Sunni: Songs of the Sudan
Terakaft rocks la fête de la music
Rising from Ashes: a story of reconciliation in Rwanda
Dead Can Dance at Le Zenith
Riff Cohen A Paris
What next for Mali?
Pédro Kouyaté, a cross cultural griot
My top 3 albums of 2012
Interview with Vieux Farka Touré & Idan Raichel
Terakaft: Kel Tamasheq
On the road with Nabil Baly Othmani
Neoliberal FrontiersBooks »
Neoliberal Frontiers
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Neoliberalism has had a central place in economic rationale for the past forty years. In Neoliberal Frontiers, Brenda Chalfin gives a great insight of what it means in specific interventions. She analyses how Ghana renegotiates its sovereignty in a seemingly economic laissez-faire context. Since the mid seventies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World… Read More ›
Cinema »
Rising from Ashes: a story of reconciliation in Rwanda
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Rising from Ashes is a documentary about a team of cyclists in post genocide Rwanda. It’s narrated by UNESCO goodwill ambassador Forrest Whitaker. Rwanda and cycling? It’s certainly not the most striking combination that can be thought of. Rwanda sadly made the headlines with the genocide that took place in 1994. However cycling has been… Read More ›
Music »
Mustafa al Sunni: Songs of the Sudan
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Mustafa al Sunni is a Sudanese folk musician. In 1999 was released Songs of the Sudan, his only album to date. Let’s go back in time and revisit this unique gem. One thing in life that I love, it’s chance encounters. Whether it’s with a person, a place or a piece of music. I haven’t… Read More ›
Society »
What next for Mali?
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It’s been three weeks since the beginning of French intervention in Mali. The largest northern towns have now been seized by the French Malian coalition. Today, a few questions emerge as to what happens next. In January 2012, the National Movement of Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an independence Touareg movement, launched an attack against the… Read More ›
Theatre »
Ruined: Women of Eastern Congo
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The conflict in Eastern Republic Democratic of Congo has undoubtedly been one of the largest African tragedies for the past decade. Incessant gunfights, fleeing refugees, abused women form the sad daily routine of local populations. This context of brutality, a direct legacy of colonialism and current economic exploitation, is at the centre of US playwright… Read More ›
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