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Dwain Lucktung is a content and community manager for somewhereto_ and Livity. He is also an editor, journalist and mentor. In his own words he talks about his journey from London to Rio to shoot 'tRio' - a short film for somewhereto_ with actor and director Adam Deacon and talented young dance crew TriN3rgy.
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For nearly an entire term in the White House, Obama's record on guns was a picture of caution. Perhaps moved by false fears that the gun lobby could scuttle his presidency, or perhaps simply boxed into inaction by the fact that there were simply too many other battles to fight these past four years, President [...]
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Andrew Harding at the BBC opines
Why South Africa is like a Mexican soap opera
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America has now suffered around 30 shooting massacres over the past 30 years, including a dozen this year alone, with gun owners claiming each time that unfettered access to assault weapons and 100-round clips is the price of freedom. The bloodbath in Newtown is the moment to stop feeding America's gun frenzy.
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Ok so it's not necessarily cinema, but it's Sunday night, and it does feature the man who has quickly become France's most prominent actor of African descent (thanks to his role in this year's international monster hit Intouchables) - a man who moved to Hollywood this year, and recently signed with CAA, intent on making his mark in the USA as well. While that hasn't quite yet become a reality, Omar Sy continues to be something of a splash in Europe, posing for a Vogue Germany photoshoot with one of Hollywood's most-talked about young actresses in Jessica Chastain (she's in the Oscar mix for her work in the also much-talked about Zero Dark Dirty). ...
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The BBC has some great African pictures of the week up. Really liked this one.
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Religion and the Misfits never mix, remember what happened to the guy who could walk on water and claimed he was Jesus? This week the gang took on a holy sorority with mildly interesting consequences.
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In many ways this week's episode of Homeland - the penultimate one in this run - encapsulated the series as a whole, as it gave a brief glimpse of how much better it could be if it focused on its strengths rather than simply aping the often tired formula of other programmes.
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From Pablo at Kiwipolitico My reaction after the first paragraph was that Kiwipolitico had been hacked.
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Iran's Mehr News on Sunday published the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' "six-point plan" to supposedly solve the crisis in Syria.
The plan goes much further than Iran has publicly in the past, though it resembles Kofi Annan's much-maligned plan from the spring. It also doesn't mention one key point: What happens to Bashar al-Assad?
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Os Kuduristas: A global initiative to introduce Angolan Kuduro dance and music internationally through interactive events and programs...
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In CNN:
Bringing together an army of creative writers, photographers and illustrators from all around Africa and beyond, Cameroonian journalist Ntone Edjabe has set up an exciting media platform that mixes culture and politics to present an unconventional portrayal of the continent.
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AFP
Votes were being counted Sunday at the end of the first round of a two-stage referendum in Egypt, as unofficial tallies suggested Egyptians were narrowly in favour of President Mohamed Morsi's controversial new constitution.
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