
The Bicycle Thief
A new Israeli law orders asylum-seekers to be detained for an unlimited period without judicial oversight or criminal proceedings, even for misdemeanors like bicycle or cell-phone theft.

A new Israeli law orders asylum-seekers to be detained for an unlimited period without judicial oversight or criminal proceedings, even for misdemeanors like bicycle or cell-phone theft.

A New York Times article that's respectful and mostly accurate, including the use of terminology, when covering African Traditional Religion.

The merits of restaging 'Une Saison au Congo,' Aimé Césaire's history of the life and death of Patrice Lumumba, in London, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Until recently, Tony Blair had never visited Malawi. Last summer there was a lot of international

The South African feature film, "Of Good Report," deals with the relationship of a teacher with his underage student. The local censors decided it is a crime to screen it.
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Hashim Amla’s appearances on the cricket pitch and its meaning, reflects similarly on South Africa’s own, ongoing, liberation struggle.

TRIGGER WARNING: sexual violence Let me start by saying that I feel very ambivalent about causing

I do know a bit about Mali, but I hardly recognize The New Yorker's Jon Lee Anderson’s version of it.

South Africa's film censor bans the film 'Of Good Report' by Jahmil XT Qubeka, which deals with predatory teachers.
Here’s another pick of five interesting-looking new films that have come out recently. Born This Way is

The writer, an American graduate student at the time, goes in search of Nelson Mandela to tell the story of Mandela's alma mater, the University of Fort Hare.