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Duration 28 mins: This film tells the story of a country - Ghana the land of Azonto coming into its own; a nation with ample business opportunities for investors; and an entrepreneurial and energized population ready to change the face of Africa. In 2011, Ghana was one of 10 of the fastest growing economies in the world. [...]
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By Fareed Zakaria Secretary of State John Kerry shouldn't push too hard, too fast in the Middle East in search of a peace deal, argues Aaron David Miller. "The last thing we need (or Kerry needs) is another abortive effort to get talks going," he writes in The New Republic. "The inconvenient truth is that [...]
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Duration: 7 mins - Centuries BEFORE the coming of Islam and before the days of the Songhay, Mali and Ghana Empires (and thus before Timbuktu was built), there were some massive cities in the Niger basin region which rivalled those of Mesopotamia. This is an excellent short documentary worth watching. African history afterall is not all [...]
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Richard Dowden comes face to face with the 'Rising Africa' tinderbox :
What shocked me in Lagos, Uganda and Nairobi was the fury of the young middle classes - the very people who are supposed to driving the new Africa into the 21st century. They were angry about the poor levels of education, about the lack of electricity, but above all about corruption at the very top. And they see the growing ranks of ill-educated, unemployable young people being churned out of badly-managed state education systems...the five big African countries: Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo are in political turmoil or stasis. None of their governments have the vision or the capacity to position their countries to develop rapidly and sustainably as Indonesia, Malaysia and ...
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Despite the blizzard that's blanketing the city this weekend, here's a reminder for New Yorkers. We posted this in December. Here it is again via press release from BAMcinématek: FEB 8-13, 17, & 19-21 (10 Days, 20 Films, All in 35mm) A PRYOR ENGAGEMENT Weekday double features! "A master of lyrical obscenity. Richard Pryor is the only great poet satirist among our comedians."-Pauline Kael, The New Yorker A major influence on such contemporary comedians as Louis C.K., Chris Rock, Lewis Black, and countless others, the wild and wired Richard Pryor emerged from the Midwestern Chitlin circuit, became a successful...
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Two posts speak to the importance of viewing making as coming from within societies as much from without. Firstly CNN profiles the makerspace-seeding work of Bilal Ghahib founder of GEMSI:
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Two posts speak to the importance of viewing making as coming from within societies as much from without. Firstly CNN profiles the makerspace-seeding work of Bilal Ghahib founder of GEMSI:
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In a weekend when not too many matches stand out the best bet for big hitters might just be to back in-form Bournemouth at 1.3 with Betfair.
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A niche film festival like this is one way to go. And even more interesting to us here at S&A is that 2 of its 3 founders/directors of the young festival are young black women. Meet Adelle McElveen, Kimara Mitchell Stokes, and Annie Wilson, founders/directors of The San Francisco Fashion Film Festival, which held its inaugural event last April, less than a year ago. The first installment of the 2-day festival was held in 2012 at the oldest continuously operating movie theater in San Francisco, the Roxie Theatre (opened in 1909), promising to offer a new take on what it means to be stylish in the cinema. Its slate included a curated selection of...
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As we have conversations about TV networks no longer really giving new TV shows a chance to breathe, NBC has announced that it's canceled its Jekyll-and-Hyde-ish thriller, Do No Harm, after just 2 episodes! It premiered on Jan. 31 at 10 pm to an unimpressive 3.1 million viewers, one of the lowest new series debuts of all time across the 4 major networks (CBS, NBC, FOX, ABC). Last night's episode, the second one, dropped 22% in viewers, pulling in about 2.18 million which was its death-knell. NBC says it will play repeat broadcasts of Law & Order: SVU during future time slots reserved for Do No Harm. If you're wondering why we're...
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Richard Dowden comes face to face with the 'Rising Africa' tinderbox :
What shocked me in Lagos, Uganda and Nairobi was the fury of the young middle classes - the very people who are supposed to driving the new Africa into the 21st century. They were angry about the poor levels of education, about the lack of electricity, but above all about corruption at the very top. And they see the growing ranks of ill-educated, unemployable young people being churned out of badly-managed state education systems...the five big African countries: Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo are in political turmoil or stasis. None of their governments have the vision or the capacity to position their countries to develop rapidly and sustainably as Indonesia, Malaysia and ...
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Here at Enough, we often swap emails with interesting articles and feature stories that we come across in our favorite publications and on our favorite websites. We wanted to share some of these stories with you as part of our effort to keep you up to date on what you need to know in the world of anti-genocide and crimes against humanity work.
IRIN published an in-depth piece on the mounting threats to free speech in South Sudan. A series of incidents involving journalists and civil society groups reveal what may be the government's still limited authority ("We just don't have control over these people," according to some government officials) or, more cynically, a deliberate effort to tamp down on any criticism of the new country.
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This oped originally appeared on Huffington Post.
This Valentine's Day, as many of us give and receive gifts of flowers, chocolate, or jewelry, I can't help but wonder if the gold jewelry for sale could be connected to a war halfway around the world.
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For most, Chinese New Year means the annual mad scramble home. But for the happy few in today's China, replace overcrowded train ride with the gift of a snakeskin Bentley to celebrate what else but the Year of the Snake. Also, a turning point in Tunisia with ripple effects in Egypt and France's acrimonious same sex marriage debate turns homophobic.
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For most, Chinese New Year means the annual mad scramble home. But for the happy few in today's China, replace overcrowded train ride with the gift of a snakeskin Bentley to celebrate what else but the Year of the Snake. Also, a turning point in Tunisia with ripple effects in Egypt and France's acrimonious same sex marriage debate turns homophobic.
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Earlier this week, the award-winning production studio/marketing group MediaStorm launched their short film Surviving the Peace, to promote Mines Advisory Group's de-mining operations in Angola. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) launched with a premier in DC and a fundraiser in Angola (go figure, but hey, attendees in Luanda got free copies of the film). This is [...]
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The Department of Defense announced on Feb 5 that the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) headquarters will remain in Stuttgart, Germany....
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