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August 3, 2015

The dog days of summer

We’re taking our annual August break. We’ll be back after the American Labor Day holiday (they have some sort of May Day in September, not like the rest of the…..

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August 2, 2015

Why Obama blundered by speaking out on LGBTQ rights in Kenya

Ahead of President Obama’s much-awaited visit to Kenya a storm started brewing over LGBTQ rights in that country. The President went to Kenya fresh off the US Supreme Court’s landmark…..

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August 1, 2015

#Free15Angolans: An update

You’d never know it from reading the US press, but those political prisoners in Angola are still in jail and Angolan citizens, activists, and a clutch of folks from other…..

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July 31, 2015

The Futuristic Lagos of Nnedi Okorafor’s Lagoon

There are some who might think that the very premise of Nnedi Okorafor’s novel Lagoon —aliens landing in Lagos — is a bit far reaching. After all, if the science fiction…..

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July 31, 2015

New South African feature ‘Endless River’ makes film history

South African film director and auteur Oliver Hermanus has made film history this week and his cell phone is blowing up. “Yesterday was a hard day for my phone,” he…..

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July 31, 2015

(Gay) Sexuality and African Writers: Adichie, Osman

On Barack Obama’s recent visit to Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta schooled him on what’s relevant to Kenyans. Despite Obama’s lecture on “bad things” happening “when people are treated differently under the…..

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July 31, 2015

Prominent Sudanese asylum-seeker asks Israel’s president: “Why not let us stay and contribute to Israeli society?”

Netanyahu’s reelection this year, for his fourth term (third consecutive), leaves little hope for non-Jewish minorities in Israel. The newly-formed government is the most right-wing, conservative and outspokenly racist that…..

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July 30, 2015

Body Politricks and the Worlds in Between: A Review of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “Between the World and Me”

Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me is part memoir and part testimonial, but it is also a Black father’s textual and public initiation of his Black son into the…..

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July 30, 2015

It Is Time: The need to rethink homosexuality in Kenya and Africa

“This is personal for me.” ~President Obama on his visit to Kenya. The near rabid response surrounding the speculation that President Obama would address gay rights on his first visit…..

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July 30, 2015

Latin America is a Country in the Afro-Latino Festival in NYC

The third edition of the wonderful Afro-Latino Festival was held in New York City between July 10th and July 12th. The festival included amazing concerts from traditional musicians that carry on…..

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July 24, 2015

What is “Champeta Urbana”? An Interview with Kevin Flórez

Kevin Flórez is a star of an up-and-coming Colombian genre dubbed as “champeta urbana.” Champeta, without the “urbana,” is one of the most traditional rhythms of his native Cartagena. It was there were…..

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July 21, 2015

On Music, Tradition and Race: Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto take Brooklyn

When I was a kid, my dad, my stepdad and one of my dad’s friends sometimes helped organize concerts in Bogotá for this band called Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto……

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July 15, 2015

“El Chapo”‘s (New) Escape

These days the fonda where I usually eat has been packed with Policía Federal officers. The fonda was designated as one of the official restaurants for the troop sent to Oaxaca to contain…..

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July 7, 2015

Shake the Dust: How Break Dancing Unites the World

Shake the Dust is a documentary film directed by journalist Adam Sjöberg, and produced by American rapper and producer Nasir “Nas” Jones. The movie is a showcase of the break…..

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July 5, 2015

Chile’s Copa América – Can Football Still be Political?

Copa América, the South American football championship, is over and, for the first time ever, Chile are the champions. To lift their first-ever piece of silverware, Chile, who also hosted…..

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July 4, 2015

“Liniersgate” – Is This Cartoon Wrong?

The image that you see above was circulated often on social media last week after the United States Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in all of the 50 states of…..

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July 3, 2015

A Look at Hillary (and Bill) Clinton’s Past in Haiti

Hillary Clinton might have some explaining to do before she can claim the top spot in the Democratic primary. Any pro-Hillary voters who prioritize moral plans for American foreign policy…..

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July 2, 2015

Colombia and the search for truth in Latin America’s longest running conflict: lessons from the South African experience

Negotiators from both sides of Colombia’s longest running war met last month in Havana, Cuba, for the 37th round of peace talks. The primary outcome of these talks was an agreement…..

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June 26, 2015

South-to-South perceptions: African films in Colombian cinemas

In Colombia, African heritage is celebrated in May. And, to commemorate the celebration this year, a group of Colombian journalists, filmmakers and cultural activists who form a collective known as…..

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The dog days of summer

The dog days of summer

Why Obama blundered by speaking out on LGBTQ rights in Kenya

#Free15Angolans: An update

The Futuristic Lagos of Nnedi Okorafor’s Lagoon

New South African feature ‘Endless River’ makes film history

(Gay) Sexuality and African Writers: Adichie, Osman

Prominent Sudanese asylum-seeker asks Israel’s president: “Why not let us stay and contribute to Israeli society?”

Body Politricks and the Worlds in Between: A Review of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “Between the World and Me”

It Is Time: The need to rethink homosexuality in Kenya and Africa

Latin America is a Country in the Afro-Latino Festival in NYC

What is “Champeta Urbana”? An Interview with Kevin Flórez

On Music, Tradition and Race: Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto take Brooklyn

“El Chapo”‘s (New) Escape

Shake the Dust: How Break Dancing Unites the World

Chile’s Copa América – Can Football Still be Political?

“Liniersgate” – Is This Cartoon Wrong?

A Look at Hillary (and Bill) Clinton’s Past in Haiti

Colombia and the search for truth in Latin America’s longest running conflict: lessons from the South African experience

South-to-South perceptions: African films in Colombian cinemas

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