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Leave or Die: Analysis and Memory of Refugees By Raïs Neza Boneza
Refugees from DR Congo board a UNHCR truck in Rwanda (Photo credit: noodlepie) Memory is a vast lake of remembrances sometimes disrupted by huge waves of thought. For every June 20th, International Day of the Refugee, the entire world will remember the humanitarian holocaust of this century in Afghanistan, in Iraq, Palestine, or in the Great-Lakes Region in East-Africa…… Read the rest
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AND I STILL RISE–RIP MAYA ANGELOU
President Barack Obama presenting Maya Angelou with the Presidential Medal of Freedom (Photo credit: Wikipedia) R.I.P. legendary author, poet and activist Maya Angelou. “In addition to her well-known autobiographies, Maya Angelou has steadily written poetry over the years. In this video Professor Angelou recites her poem, “And Still I Rise,” from her volume of poetry And Still I Rise, … Read the rest
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Second Dimension By Rais Neza Boneza
Near his table rests a glass of water; Through his window he glances at passersby; He observes and always waits, waits, waits. Bitterness nourishes his being; Subjected to misunderstandings And false airs of ‘people’ He is a prisoner. He sits, hands cupped around his chin Solemnly thinking. In his dreaming, his spirits escape The world of hardships And travel in … Read the rest
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Arundhati Roy, the Not-So-Reluctant Renegade By SIDDHARTHA DEB
“I’ve always been slightly short with people who say, ‘You haven’t written anything again,’ as if all the nonfiction I’ve written is not writing,” Arundhati Roy said. It was July, and we were sitting in Roy’s living room, the windows closed against the heat of the Delhi summer. Delhi might be roiled over a slowing economy, rising crimes against women … Read the rest
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Belles Lettres. A tous ceux qui sont nés d’une femme…
C'est depuis belle lurette que les femmes se battent pour l'amélioration de leur condition humaine. Et, pas de doute, l'inspiration du roman d'Assia-Printemps Gibirila intitulé Elles, publié aux éditions les plumes d'Ocris, est tirée et traverse cette longue lutte séculaire. Cet ouvrage à l'écriture simple est un véritable hommage à celles qui accouchent la vie. Celles qui à ce jour, … Read the rest
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Butins de Chair By Rais Neza Boneza
Le conflit actuel en RD Congo a eu à mobiliser plus de sept armées régulières et étrangères qui s’étaient battues sur le sol Congolais (Rwanda, Ouganda, Burundi, Namibie, Tchad, Zimbabwe et Angola) et Dieu seul sait les innonbrables armees fantomes, groupes secrets, pays et organizations qui sont a la base d’un massacre de plus de 4 million d’hommes,femmes et enfants … Read the rest