Articles tagged "africa"

Film Review

Endgame

by Chris Barsanti

[6.Nov.09] :. Endgame crafts a crackling thriller out of the tangle of crafty maneuvering and happenstance that put a stop to South Africa's apartheid.

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Music Feature

Viva Africa: An Interview with Amadou & Mariam and BLK JKS

by Cary Darling [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[5.Jul.09] :. African music, often exiled from the pop mainstream, is making a new incursion in the U.S. Darling speaks to two major African artists, plus highlights the best new releases.

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TV Review

Global Voices: The Dictator Hunter

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Apr.09] :. The titular figure in Klaartje Quirijns' fascinating documentary, The Dictator Hunter, Reed Brody pursues Hissène Habré, deposed leader of Chad.

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TV Review

Independent Lens: Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Apr.09] :. As much as she is celebrated by her constituents and the documentary, Taking Root, Wangari Maathai maintains her faith in "the people."

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Music Review

Seprewa Kasa: Seprewa Kasa

by Deanne Sole

[1.Oct.08] :. This album is all soothe and salve, looking back to the heyday of highlife.

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Music Review

Various: Black Stars

by Deanne Sole

[8.Jul.08] :. Black Stars is an adeptly compiled hiplife snapshot, giving us a sampling of recent arrivals like Tic Tac, as well as godfather figures such as Reggie Rockstone.

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Steve Reid Ensemble: Daxaar

by Mark W. Adams

[7.Apr.08] :. The Steve Reid Ensemble has taken a geographic and sonic trip to make Daxaar.

 

The Translator: A Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari

by Chris McCann

[29.Feb.08] :. A strict focus on the personal makes Hari's account of the hell that Darfur has become something more than just an exercise in despair.

 

Alejandro Franov: Khali

by Deanne Sole

[13.Nov.07] :. Alejandro Franov helps Juana Molina with her albums. On Khali he uses instruments that imitate the flowing sound of water, rain, or rivers.

 

Various: Think Global: Women of Africa

by Deanne Sole

[26.Oct.07] :. Anyone who has had more than a passing acquaintance with the African part of their music store's World section is going to find most of this familiar territory.

 

Oliver Mtukudzi: Tsimba Itsoka

by Deanne Sole

[19.Sep.07] :. He’d be the man who sets a hand on your arm, telling you, “People should be decent to one another,” and you’d know that he wasn’t saying it just to make small talk.

 

Nawal: Aman

by Deanne Sole

[30.Aug.07] :. In a world that celebrates pop music youth, this woman sings with the dignity of an adult.

 

Kenge Kenge: Introducing… Kenge Kenge

by Deanne Sole

[1.Aug.07] :. In their explosiveness they're closer to David Fanshawe's field recordings of East African rural music, the hooting bung'o horn and so forth, than the tidier benga from Shirati Jazz.

 
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Comics Review

Aya by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie

by Megan Milks

[9.Jul.07] :. The book serves as a reminder of a period of greatness for a country that is now struggling to regain its footing.

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Dobet Gnahoré: Na Afriki

by Deanne Sole

[26.Jun.07] :. It's disappointing to discover that Cumbancha's latest release is an album that asks to be tossed in the "Africans With Nice Voices Singing Nice Songs" drawer.

 

Blogging catches on in Africa, despite technology limitations

by Shashank Bengali [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[25.Jun.07] :. NAIROBI, Kenya - In Nigeria, bloggers documented chaotic scenes at polling places in April’s presidential elections, which international observers said were marred by widespread fraud. In...

 

28 Stories of AIDS in Africa by Stephanie Nolen

by Scott Fontaine [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[17.May.07] :. 28 Stories personalizes tragedy of AIDS in Africa.