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In Pictures: 19th New York African Film Festival
April 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Coup d’Etat is the new Black
April 13, 2012 By 9 Comments
It is official at last–what country watchers had been expecting is finally taking place in Guinea Bissau. No, the country is not becoming a municipality in Senegal. There is a coup d’etat unfolding in its capital, Bissau, by the military (apparently just 20 soldiers; just like Mali) against the Prime Minister, Carlos Gomes Jr., who […]
Good Friday
April 6, 2012 By 3 Comments
In the midst of so much global upheavals, it is good to know one can always count on religious and financial leaders to remind us of who the “good guys” are not. A recent Russian bruhaha over whether Russian Orthodox Church leader, Patriarch Kirill I, wore a $30,000 Breguet timepiece (watch) or not is causing […]
The new type of Senegalese
April 2, 2012 By 8 Comments
Just in case you were busy being distracted by Kony2012 or the rising sales of Hoodies, I am pleased to inform you that after their 25 March 2012 election, the people of Senegal voted for the removal of Abdoulaye Wade, and his son Karim Wade (better known as Wade&Wade). In a twist of fates, a […]
Yes, Sudan made movies
April 1, 2012 By 1 Comment
After a week of being bombarded with all sorts of “good news” from the horn of Africa regarding oil and bombings, I decided to use the weekend to search for days of normalcy in Sudan. No, I did not fly to Khartoum but I got a quick memory lane trip via Cinema in Sudan: conversations with […]
