Do you need another rap film?
Do the foregrounding of celebrities and stories of human tragedy help or hurt two new films about hip hop in Uganda?
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The World According to Facebook
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The role documentary film in producing memory as it intersects with contemporary constructions of understanding apartheid and this post-apartheid period.
The Kaddu Wasswa Archive
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What do leftists make of Wikileaks?
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T.I.A. (Thrift Shop Edition)
Myrtle Ave, Fort Greene in Brooklyn.
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Early next year the 10th annual World Social Forum will be held in Dakar, Senegal. Indymedia
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Out my window
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Tintin in Congo
Earlier this year, the Congolese government declared European development commissioner Karel De Gucht persona non grata
New blood coming on strong
Meta and the Corningstones: a humble and talented African-born reggae singer whose message is clear and sincere.
Independência de Angola
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Poster for student-run event at The New School in Manhattan.