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The Northern Ireland Connection
A new film challenges the “rainbow nation” narrative, highlighting South Africa's unfulfilled transformation. It involves local filmmakers, with 10% of profits supporting Cape Town's activists.
Doctor Mac
This is number 4 in the music break series, Paris is a Continent.
I Remember Black Pete
Blackface character, Zwarte Piet, is celebrated in Europe's Low Countries. The author writes about a childhood with Zwarte Piet in Belgium.
The return of the one party state
The regime of Ellen Sirleaf Johnson, Liberia's first post-conflict president, is increasingly guilty of lack of accountability and abetting corruption.
Global Genre Accumulation
If there's an underground dance scene or marginalized community nearby, Diplo or some DJ like him has or probably will "discover," re-frame, and sell it to audiences in another part of the world.
Fathers, men and brothers
The third in my series of musical breaks from Paris, France, features L'Algerino, Nessbeal, Corneille and La Fouine.