January 2012
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Watch decade since Sierra Leone’s devastating civil war, from the ashes rises a new dawn of creativity in audio-visual media. Inspired by Jean Rouch’s ‘shared anthropology’ and ‘ethno-fiction’, Shooting Freetown follows three people forging their way in film and music in the nation’s capital, facing the constant struggles with vision and resourcefulness. By incorporating collaborative...
Watch“18 Days in Egypt” is using media taken by people participating in last year’s revolution. I saw one of the people involved with the project speak last fall and show some clips of the material already collected. This has the potential to be something really special.
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“A) Form a swimming pool collective with a rotating chair, with use of the pool...”
– Matt of Aid Thoughts responding to Duncan Green’s question if the Oxfam pool in Nairobi should be opened. Spot on.
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WatchPortland, Maine and Mogadishu, Somalia lie on oceans at opposite ends of the world, yet are connected by tenuous threads of memory that span the distance between. HOME COUNTRY is a meditation on personal geography as one young man treads the balance between place and identity in the 21st century.
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“The perception of international aid and development in popular culture, too, is...”
– @talesfromthehood can’t get away from blogging; he is just too good at it.
Watch Remarks on Cote d’Ivoire by Sec State Clinton
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The Business of The Black Market
Created by: Business Degree
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boko haram, aqim, and the regional dynamics of local insurgencies via @danatgu http://ow.ly/8wytm
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“However, I still fail to see anything worth celebrating about the increasing...”
– Boni Dulani, PhD HT @dadakim
augustsev asked: What would you suggest to...
fyeahafrica:
To be a little more specific.
“In any darwinian system, a project that failed so completely and spectacularly...”
– Dweep Chanana on One Laptop Per Child
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WatchHas the Arab League’s mission to Syria failed? A bit of back story and debate. Good point is made that the mission is not to explicitly end the violence, however the fact that only minor changes are taking place makes it hard not to see it as a failure.
WatchTim Howard scores 90 yard goal against the Bolton Wanderers in EPL action this week.
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WatchThere is a new leader at the FAO. How will that change the organization? Al Jazeera explores the question, looks at food security and features an interview with Duncan Green.
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WatchThe story on aspiring South African pop star Tender Mavundla and her struggle to attain her goals while living with HIV.
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WatchAl Jazeera’s Fault Lines follows #Chile’s student protest movement and examines the underlying issues driving the anger.
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