The bigger question is not why France decided to intervene in Mali, but why America has held off

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Arise Fashion Week

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Pillbox hats are back! What else, besides a nouvelle variation of the old-school “Turkish” headgear, is in style at Arise Magazine’s 2012 fashion week in Lagos? After a drive through Victoria Island to get there, passing massive signs advertising “JESUS”, golden highrises and tattler headlines blaring “BOKO HARAM’S PLOT TO ATTACK SOUTH UNCOVERED,” we’re treated […]

Good luck, Mr Jonathan

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I could not resist the pun on the new Nigerian President’s name. Al-Jazeera English this week showed gruesome footage of Nigerian soldiers and police executing innocent people in broad daylight. The footage was taken last year when the Nigerian government claimed that it had defeated the Islamist rebel group, Boko Haram.  (I can only image what […]

WEEKEND LINKS, AUGUST 14, 2009

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* The photography of Bronwyn Lace (via Feizel Mamdoo). * The short film project, 15 Malaysia. You can watch all the films online.

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