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Here's the third installment in my blogging of the Caine shortlist, along with others in a ZunguZungu-led coterie of bloggers. The story is S. O.Kenani's Love on Trial (pdf).
This Kenani short story takes on the issue of gay rights in Malawi, but Africa more broadly. There was a real effort on the part on the writer to go after the rationale for the holding back gay rights and the dehumanization of people based solely on their sexuality. This frustration for any progressive-leaning person living in an African country is understandable, but one must wonder how best to tackle it in fiction (hint: not like Kenani chooses to here).
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Ne faites pas comme des ivoiriens rencontrés au salon du livre alors que je me pavanais avec mon nouveau Gary Victor sous le bras. Ils ont focalisé tout de suite sur le titre du livre. Soro. La scène fut cocasse. Ces africains endimanchés qui discutaillaient devant leur stand national réclament mon livre avec intérêt, pour lire quelques feuillets. Explication. Soro est un nom sénoufo générique en Côte d'Ivoire. C'est en particulier le nom de Guillaume Soro Kigbafori, ancien leader syndical étudiant (qui m'a fatigué avec les grèves à répétition qu'il fomentait sous la conduite de son mentor de l'époque, Laurent Gbagbo), ancien leader de la rébellion de ...
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Whenever I hear the word Africa I automatically think of kids laughing, celebrations, and nature at its purist. After twenty five posts on Africa's Heartbeat, I am excited to talk about and celebrate Africa Day! Africa Day is celebrated world-wide on May 25th in aims to recognize African diversity and success and to highlight the cultural and economic potential that exists [...]
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The 2012 BET Awards recently announced their nominees. One of the categories, "Best International Act - Africa" had us intrigued (clearly) so we checked it out. Like most award shows, often times the nominees for the various categories are off-point. We can think of a few African artist from the last year who should probably be on this list but for whatever reason, they didn't make the cut. On the other hand, it's pretty cool that these African artists are at least getting some recognition.
Below is a list of the nominees and a sample of their music. What do you think? Anyone missing? Who do you think will win?
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The New York Times had a great article yesterday on laamb, a style of wrestling popular in Senegal. Laamb, sometimes called "Lutte Senegalese" is enjoying a resurgence in Senegal, and is now more popular in that country than more global sports like football. The Times article focuses on a recent match where a rising champion [...]
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When I started this blog six years ago, it was hard to find the Bible in Hausa on the internet. Now you can choose between different versions, or rather, between different modes of presentation, as the words are identical. In addition to YouVersion and Visionneuse, there is now another website called BibleSearch that offers the [...]
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Here's the third installment in my blogging of the Caine shortlist, along with others in a ZunguZungu-led coterie of bloggers. The story is S. O.Kenani's Love on Trial (pdf).
This Kenani short story takes on the issue of gay rights in Malawi, but Africa more broadly. There was a real effort on the part on the writer to go after the rationale for the holding back gay rights and the dehumanization of people based solely on their sexuality. This frustration for any progressive-leaning person living in an African country is understandable, but one must wonder how best to tackle it in fiction (hint: not like Kenani chooses to here).
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