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Word Press seriously messed up my formatting of this poem but now I kind of like that it reads differently.
I am going after a heart that migrated over the times
And creating an effigy of a tear-man that has remained unwritten
I will burn
In a hollow shout of how things are not
The Way
that they should be Femme et [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Untitled", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/untitled-2.html" });
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2000 square meters of rooftops in Kiberia have been covered photos of “the eyes and faces” of the women who live there. The photo project has been a year in the making is covered with special water resistant material.
The material used is water resistant so that the photo itself will protect the fragile [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Women of Kiberia reach the rooftops", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/women_of_kiberia_reach_the_rooftops.html" });
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7858010.stm
Hello all. I’m testing the waters after a long hiatus from the blogging world. If you haven’t come across this link already you might want to take a look. As extreme and absurd as this horrible plan is, it makes me think of the watered-down versions along the West African coastline.
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Jackson family slave memorial theme park combo", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/jackson_family_slave_memorial_theme_park_combo.html" });
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"This isn't racism," says the cartoonist
(CNN) — President Obama earned kudos from the media when he said he screwed up in nominating Tom Daschle as secretary of Health and Human Services despite his problem with paying taxes.
Too bad the leadership of the New York Post didn’t follow the lead of the president in admitting [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "US Stimulus plan", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/us_stimulus_plan.html" });
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“Tonnes of toxic waste from municipal dumps in the West are being dumped illegally in countries like Nigeria and Ghana, an investigation has found.
Hundreds of thousands of broken items like TVs and computers are being sold to dealers on the pretext of re-use.
Under EU law, such household appliances must be dismantled or recycled.
But they are [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Toxic waste dumped in Africa", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/toxic_waste_dumped_in_africa.html" });
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Four men were tried for the murder and rape of Eudy Simelane at the Delmas Circuit Court last week. LGBTI activist and supporters from other social movements in South Africa were also there to give witness to the trial. One of the accused pleaded guilty to murder but not rape and was [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Sentencing of confessed murderer of Eudy Simelane", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/sentencing_of_confessed_murderer_of_eudy_simelane.html" });
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Pumla Dineo Gqola discusses promiscuity and culture and asks what impact these have on the spread of AIDS in South Africa which has 40% of the worlds infected population.
Sex with multiple partners is so entrenched in Southern Africa that it is a religion, a basic moral philosophy for most people here. It is often simply [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Love in the time of AIDS", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/love_in_the_time_of_aids.html" });
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Underground poetry series
Infocentrix Concept Publishing, ICP is set out to give voice to poets to participate in National discussion. The dearth of poetry in the discussion of issues that are affecting the us as a people, has not only denial poetry literary community the right to express itself in flowing flowery words but also limits [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Nigerian underground poetry series", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/nigerian_underground_poetry_series.html" });
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***Haiti Action reports on a Bill presented by Congresswoman Barbara Lee to investigate the role of the Bush Administration’s role in the 2004 Coup d’État of Haiti.
“We do not teach people to overthrow our US government, and the Bush Administration must not participate in the overthrow of other democratically-elected governments. The United States must [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Quick Links", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/quick_links-19.html" });
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act to end hate
UPDATE
Dipika Nath of HRW will be blogging on the trial with regular updates -
Over five hundred activists from across the country will gather at the Delmas Circuit Court in Mpumalanga from 11 to 13 February 2009 to attend the trial that led to the murder Eudy Simelane, an open lesbian and rights [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Eudy Simelane trials starts today", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/the_eudy_simelane_trials_starts_today.html" });
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LGBTI activists and lawyers who have been working on LGBT rights met in South Africa to discuss a number of high profile cases on the continent such as the arrest of 11 Cameroonians in 2005, the continued arrest of 18 men on sodomy charges in Northern Nigeria and the Ooyo and Mukasa v. Attorney General [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Lawyers from across Africa gather to discuss LGBT rights", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/lawyers_from_across_africa_gather_to_discuss_lgbt_rights_.html" });
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On May 21st 2005, 11 men were arrested on “suspicion of sodomy”. Two of the men were released after 10 months whilst 9 others remained in prison as the trial was postponed a number of times until April 2006 when they were cleared of all charges. The lawyer who defended the nine [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Defending LGBTI in Cameroon", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/defending_lgbti_in_cameroon.html" });
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This is my Africa is a documentary project by Zina Saro-Wiwa founder of [Africa Lab] in which she aims to improve the way the world sees Africa and to highlight African cultural products.
In “expressions” we are presented with clips of idiomatic expressions from various parts of the continent - one [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "This is my Africa -", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/this_is_my_africa_-_.html" });
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In this documentary we will investigate and advocate for responses to the many challenges faced by the LGBTI community in Uganda. This documentary will feature testimonies of LGBTI Ugandans, about their struggle to survive and to comprehend their sexual orientation, in a very hostile and homophobic society.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Behind the Mirror: documenting challenges faced by Ugandan LGBTI", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/behind_the_mirror_documenting_challenges_faced_by_ugandan_lgbti.html" });
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Friends of Congo provide some context into complex situation between the Congo and Rwanda and the arrest of Laurent Nkunda.
Is Laurent Nkunda’s arrest a positive development?
We have reasons to doubt that Laurent Nkunda has been arrested. Rwandan Maj. Jill Rutaremara said that Nkunda was in Rwanda but “not in jail.” If Nkunda has [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Rwanda, DRC and Nkunda", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/2642.html" });
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the best african poetry 2009
It’s about time that there was something akin to The Best American Poetry Series for the Continent. I can’t make any claim to this being the proper vehicle for such an endeavor, but I think it’s high time someone tried. So we’re going to give it a go.
With your help!
So here [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Best African Poetry, 2009", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/2637.html" });
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In a Soweto tennis centre paid for by Arthur Ashe, a smiling Jo-Wilfried Tsonga took time out this week to help coach children who dream of being South Africa’s new generation of champions.
“I have African blood, so… I am happy to help sport in Africa and especially to improve the tennis,” the Frenchman, top seed [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Tsonga in Soweto", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/tsonga_in_soweto.html" });
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For many of us the hourly news reports showing the horrific slaughter and devastation of the Israeli attack on Gaza is still very much fresh in our minds. Daily coverage on TV, radio and news media with endless analysis, pundits as well as live reports. At some point [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Ignoring African Wars", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/ignoring_african_wars.html" });
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Two African film festivals coming up this month. The annual Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) which has been running since 1992 starts today in Los Angeles.
The festival has an amazing selection of films including Charles Burnett’s 1977 Killers of Sheep, Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun, Has God Forsaken Africa, a documentary on [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "African Film Festivals", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/2629.html" });
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Nigerians in China - Video frame by the New Yorker
In this issue of the magazine, Evan Osnos writes about African merchants living in China. Here, Osnos narrates an audio slide show about the economic, social, and religious life of African migrants in Guangzhou. With photographs by David Hogsholt.
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Nigeria Town", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/nigeria_town.html" });
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I am trying to get my head around this story of vacationing President Yar’Adua, who a friend of mine has taken to calling President Yar’AdoNothing. This is a strange story about a very strange man. According to the Constitution the President is supposed to inform the National Assembly in writing, when he is going [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Yar’Adua and the Vacationing President story", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/yaradua_and_the_vacationing_president_story.html" });
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I just discovered Kehinde Wiley and am blown away by the theater of his art. His portraits of young Black men in Hip Hop / sports gear set against the back drop of “naming” in which he uses language to play with gender, sexuality and religion - many of the paintings are named after [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Kehinde Wiley", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/kehinde_wiley.html" });
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Unfortunately this did not win the Bestees Award.
Via White African
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "African numbers", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/african_numbers.html" });
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Snow White’s slap stung!
Not of The Seven Dwarfs,
Hell no! Far older than that. What did I do?
Nothing short of saying,
‘Sorry doll, I don’t do shipwrecks,’ & heck like a
Bad rash SD flared up!
‘If it took shackles to drag you out, I would!’ said SD, her head of bleached out blonde hair making of her a [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Heckism!", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/heckism_.html" });