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Photo Credit: Derek Pardue With only a few days left before Brazil’s presidential election on October 5th, and so many important social issues under scrutiny (see this review, for example),[...]
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* All photos courtesy of the Frye Art Museum At present, the exhibitions The Unicorn Incorporated (Curtis R. Barnes) and Your Feast Has Ended (Maikoiyo Alley-Barnes, Nicholas Galanin, and Nep[...]
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Edwin Morgan Forster’s A Passage to India haunts writers with the implications of what can be achieved by what is not said. Damon Galgut ventures into this territory with his[...]
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It is difficult to pinpoint a time when I began to associate race politics with gender politics personally, but I do know that it was quite early on in my[...]
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Francisco Zamora Loboch[1], o “Paco” para los que lo conocen, es uno de los escritores más conocidos de Guinea Ecuatorial. Nacido en 1948 en la isla guineana de Annobón, su[...]
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Michael Deibert’s The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Between Hope and Despair is a 260-page well-researched book compiling Congo’s struggles dating back to the 15th century (the moment when the Congolese[...]
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The artist Peter Clarke was one of the first people I met on my arrival to Cape Town. As I remember it now, the impact of the quiet, careful elder[...]
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Note: This creative submission is a sister piece to the critical article, Antinomies of Neighborliness. The two submissions are meant to be viewed in concert. ***** “To my compatriots, I have[...]
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Note: This article is a sister piece to the creative submission, Vistas. The two submissions are meant to be viewed in concert. Writing in 1961, on the eve of both[...]
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There has been a fundamental change in the way interstate relations are being conducted in modern times. The nature and working of diplomacy between and among states has undergone some[...]
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“When will it end? 1982-201?” The open-ended question – with the last digit intentionally left out – fills the final screen of Jean-Pierre Bekolo’s most recent film, Le Président (2013). The question[...]
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Francisco Zamora Loboch[1], or simply “Paco” to those who know him, is one of Equatorial Guinea’s best-known writers. Born in 1948 on the Equatorial Guinean island of Annobon, his life[...]
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Brazilian rapper Emicida, one of the most creative and perceptive pop artists in recent years, creates compelling drama in not only the content of what he says but also the[...]
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O rapper brasileiro Emicida, um dos artistas mais criativos e perceptivos nos últimos tempos, cria drama não somente nas suas letras mas também na dinâmica da sua voz. Na música[...]
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There is an old saying in Egypt: “Keep walking next to the wall.” If you want to stay away from problems, walk next to the wall. If you don’t want to[...]
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Il dibattito pubblico sui temi dell’immigrazione e dei diritti di cittadinanza ha catalizzato in Italia per mesi l’attenzione dei media. Diverse le ragioni: anzitutto, la campagna di odio scatenata dall’estrema[...]
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This article is a translation of a previous post on The Postcolonialist. Translation provided by Negarra Akili Kudumu, editor. … I think that anyone seriously engaged in cultural studies, as intellectual practice,[...]
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… penso que qualquer pessoa que se envolva seriamente nos estudos culturais como prática intelectual deve sentir, na pele, sua transitoriedade, sua insubstancialidade, o pouco que consegue registrar, o pouco[...]
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This article is a translation of a previous post on The Postcolonialist. Translation provided by the author. Santurce is an area that boasts a varied cultural and artistic scene. Formerly known[...]
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Article Photo Credits: Samira Idroos The Play There are moments in history when a single word can represent an existential struggle between self-perceived opposites. Haram is such a word in[...]
Stuart Hall was undoubtedly one of the most important academics of our time. His work on culture, globalization, ethnicity and representation has not only influenced multiple fields within academia, but[...]
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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[...]
