Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 2nd, 2009 10 Comments »
This video is an interview/short clip with a Somali-Canadian rapper named K’naan. The video was shot by his promotional staff, and was shot in Nairobi. The direct purpose of the video is for him to speak about his Video for a song called “Soobax.” The song as well as its lyrics are posted here. In […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 15th, 2009 6 Comments »
This video depicts one element in a web of new responses to Development and globalizing forces represented in social movements and activism around the world. In June of 2008 a group from the Google Earth Outreach program travelled into the Brazilian Amazon. Google Earth Outreach is a program which provides cartographical and visualization resources to […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 14th, 2009 1 Comment »
There are roughly between 3-5 million African refugees in South Africa. Xenophobic attacks have taken place for many years but in March of 2008 there was a huge increase and over 100 people were killed. The attacks started in the community of Alexandria, outside of Johannesburg. Zimbabweans, Malawians, Nigerians and many other foreigners were physically […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 14th, 2009 6 Comments »
about Dambisa Moyo Dambisa Moyo was born and raised in Zambia, Southern Africa. She completed a PhD in Economics at Oxford University and holds a Masters from Harvard University. She completed a Bachelors degree in Chemistry and MBA in Finance at the American University in Washington D.C.. She worked at Goldman Sachs for 8 years […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 12th, 2009 4 Comments »
Sometimes the subaltern doesn’t speak. Sometimes, people paint. Suzanne Ouedraogo’s (pronounced “Wa-dra-o-go”) lives in Burkina Faso, where female genital mutilation (FGM) or “female circumcision” is the norm. The excision includes either the partial or entire removal of the clitoris and/or the inner labia. The age at which a woman undergoes this practice depends on her […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 10th, 2009 3 Comments »
Last VIFF showing –> Tue, Oct 13th 12:40PM at Empire Granville See also director Sandy Cioffi’s talk on Democracy Now –> Part 1 | Part 2 Summary From VIFF Website This is not the movie I intended to make, says director Sandy Cioffi, by way of introduction to her searing indictment of the politics of […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 9th, 2009 2 Comments »
Click to watch the video http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ngozi_okonjo_iweala_on_aid_versus_trade.html Summary: Former Nigerian Finance Minister Nogozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks at the 2007 TED conference in California about the future of Africa. After doing opinion research and looking at other studies, she calls employment the top issue for African youth. To provide jobs Okonjo-Iweala advocates a partnership between government aid, private […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 8th, 2009 1 Comment »
Tiken Jah Fakoly is an Ivoirian musician living in political exile in Mali. His lyrics and message are very powerful and I believe he captures the contraditions and inconsistencies that exist in West African and North-South politics. This post actually consists of two song – though I’ve only posted the one video (Viens Voir has […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 8th, 2009 3 Comments »
There are volumes of voices speaking out for HIV/AIDS “victims.” Nelson Mandela, Bono, Stephen Lewis, Stephanie Nolan, Starbucks and even George W. Bush have contributed their words to the chorus. However, the voices of impoverished, HIV+ Africans appear to join the discourse only on rare occasions, and often this happens when others speak on their […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 7th, 2009 1 Comment »
This short video was created by the organization I am writing my paper on, the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC). MCC is an organization of the Mennonite Churches of the United States and Canada which works both in North America and around the world in a number of capacities. This particular video focuses on a branch […]