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The Vershtunkende Toronto Zoo
'Vershtunkende' is a Yiddish adjective loosely translated as ‘darned,’ ‘exasperating’, ‘maliciously idiotic’. It is not a nice word to use for either a person or thing.
Paulo Flores’s Ex-Combatentes
The Angolan singer's new album deals with war in the widest sense: war with the self, war with family, neighbors, friends.
This sea shall be uprooted
Makoko, in Lagos, with over 100, 000 residents, is viewed as a shantytown. There’s more to it. This is the destruction of a community.
The most interesting bits
Kaleidoscope magazine has done an "Africa" issue; it wants to walk a fine line between identity politics and universalism.
Il Manifesto
Africans can draw uninformed conclusions about what’s going on in their own backyards and on the continent.
The Decade of Film
I participated in Sight & Sound's once-a-decade poll of the greatest films of all time. I included at least two African films: "Borom Sarrett" and "Mapantsula." Hopefully, they make the cut.
Reading List: Lily Saint
The author, a regular contributor, summarizes four new books she's been reading.