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C. Wright Mills’ sociological imagination draws attention to the fact that a number of social connections inform the apparently personal life of the individual. Today, even for those who are[...]
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To commemorate the 500th anniversary of its “discovery” by Portuguese sailor Alvares de Cabral in 2000, Brazil officially presented itself as a “rainbow nation” without discrimination or racism; a place[...]
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The short film titled Vecinos, translated as Neighbours (9”45) opens with a montage sequence—views of a busy underground metro; graffiti etched and painted onto walls; a sleeping man in a[...]
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It is no longer possible to ignore the need for public and accessible avenues of discourse and debate. As the university model becomes further aligned with a corporate vision of[...]
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“It is more important to buy a sjambok than a plough” was the advice the prosperous Charlie Muller gave to the young farmer Dick Turner. The sjambok, a long whip[...]
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Photo Source: hassanmusa.com [U]ne image, dans le fond, c’est comme une bouteille à la mer. J’écris un message que je mets dans une bouteille, que je lance à la mer. Elle[...]
Photo Source: hassanmusa.com [A]n image, deep down, is like a bottle thrown into the sea. I write a message that I put into a bottle, that I throw to the sea.[...]
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An earlier, abbreviated version of this piece appeared previously on Al Jazeera: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/12/when-revolution-comes-israel-2013121112851708923.html The Hunger Games franchise has been hailed for spreading a new hopeful message of revolution to millennials[...]
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With the impending presidential elections and the withdrawal of international forces, 2014 is a foreboding year for Afghanistan. However, there is more to the country than war and violence. There[...]
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Photo Credit: © Mohamad Ojjeh, 2013 (Syria) Last December, we visited the Turkish town of Reyhanli, close to the Syrian border, to volunteer at a local Syrian school for refugee[...]
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Photo Credit: © Lara Dotson-Renta, 2013 (San Juan, Puerto Rico) (Article in English) Oscar López Rivera es un luchador por la independencia de Puerto Rico. Tiene la distinción nada envidiable[...]
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(Read the English version below) J’ai rencontré Jilali Hamham à Angers quelques mois après la parution de son premier roman, MachiAdam chez Rivages/Noir. Il m’a fait visiter sa ville, il[...]
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[L]’idée même de classer les écrivains par langue est déjà pour moi une idée assez provinciale. Je ne suis pas un écrivain de langue française, ni francophone, je suis un[...]
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Recently elected to the Académie française, Dany Laferrière is a Haitian and Canadian novelist and journalist. The Postcolonialist editor Pénélope Cormier interviewed him on October 10, 2013, just before his candidacy was announced. An English translation of the interview[...]
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What if we declared ourselves perpetual refugees in solidarity with all refugees needing safe human harbor from violence and domination and injustice and inequality? …We are all refugees horribly displaced[...]
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Em ensaio sobre os encontros e desencontros da vida cotidiana, Margaret Chillemi observa que os encontros afetuosos são como devires carregados de potências que nos tornam mais fortes e resistentes[...]
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“Civil War doesn’t start when countrymen raise their weapons against each other. It starts when they lose their humanity,” commented Egypt’s notorious political satirist Bassem Youssef, following the military dispersal[...]
These photographs arose out of a long-standing interest in the modes of authority—religious, economic, political and cultural—in visual culture across the world. This set of images, dated between 2010 and[...]
On April 4, 1931, Old Gada (Lao Gada 老嘎达) and his guerilla troops were surrounded by the Fengtian (Manchurian) army on three sides and the Shar Mörön River on the[...]
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Krudas Cubensi (Las Krudas) son un grupo de rap formado en Cuba durante la década de los 90 con tres integrantes: Odaymara Cuesta, Olivia Prendes, y Odalys Cuesta (conocida como[...]
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Introduction Parallèlement à la crise sociale et politique qui secoue ce pays d’Afrique de l’ouest depuis deux décennies, la musique urbaine des jeunes a connu un développement prodigieux en Côte[...]
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Introduction Depuis les premiers contacts entre les Européens et les Africains, l’écriture est devenue un outil de communication indispensable pour le continent africain. En effet, non seulement elle a rendu[...]
Florcy Morisset is the founder and curator of Vivant Art Collection, a Philadelphia-based art gallery dedicated to displaying and promoting Haitian and other Caribbean art in the United States. Haiti,[...]
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Introduction La gouvernance est une notion complexe. Synonyme de gouvernement à l’origine, elle est reprise dans les années 1980 par les institutions de Breton Woods (FMI, Banque mondiale) et doublée[...]
