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The unexpected creativity that thrives in refugee camps
James with his latest work. Naohiko Omata, Author provided James is a sculptor who fled Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and sought refuge in neighbouring Uganda. When it’s not raining, he likes to work outside in front of his small mud and wood hut in Rwamwanja refugee camp. As soon as he starts working, he is surrounded by … Read the rest
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Merging the Personal with the Political: Nneka – “My Fairy Tales” Album Review.
Ever since I first heard “Kangpe” on FIFA 10, I have been extremely interested in the eclectic sound of the music Nigerian artist Nneka creates. She is, in my opinion, one of the best and strongest voices on the African continent in the new millennium, offering a fresh perspective on pertinent, everyday-life issues through her socially aware … Read the rest
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Humanity
Political isms for sale For somebody to make tale Humanism is but a name An echo in a crowded silence for fame Is humanity to see? Children wedded with misery Sick and drunk of poverty Refugees in their own land Is it to make air-raids Bomb innocent people to oblivion And wage war against nature To blackmail its creature? Merchant … Read the rest
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The Myths
We feed from myths… Myths against good and evil … it is only a trap for humanity never to trust each other…. A trap for the naives A myth is a tool only to manupulate for it to operate it doesn’t need to exist; But for it to live it need to flourish in the fertile mind of people kept … Read the rest
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Part.1. African’s peaceful’s Means: Humanism or Pre-TRANSCEND period by Raïs Neza Boneza
In this series of African’s peaceful means, we will explore through structural research on violence and peace, we shall try to comprehend the conception of conflict in Africa, its cultural roots, its development and its current psychological and physical consequences on African societies. Humankind seems to have cultivated for thousands of decades an uncontrolled thirst for violence. However, human needs, … Read the rest