5 New Films to Watch, N°25
The Supreme Price is ambitious both in its scope and its intentions: “Following the annulment of her father’s — Moshood Abiola — victory in Nigeria’s 1993 Presidential Election and her mother’s – Alhaja Kudirat…
Why censorship is the greatest threat to India: Michael Edison Hayden
Source: Kafila Guest post by MICHAEL EDISON HAYDEN: An editorial published earlier this month in India Today bemoans India’s willingness to placate religious fundamentalists through artistic censorship. The author, Peter V. Rajsingh, makes…
VICE and the “new journalism model”*
Africa is a Country 23 Apr 2013 Sean Jacobs The business of journalism as we know it is in trouble and there’s a scramble for a “new journalism model,” with VICE.com held up…
What the post-racials are looking for
Source: Africa is a Country April marks the springtime festival of fertility and harvest, Holi, which is celebrated throughout northern India. Because Holi is a yearly event that includes a large amount of…
The Bastar Land Grab: An Interview with Sudha Bharadwaj
Source: Kafila This intervew with SUDHA BHARADWAJ of Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha was conducted by JUSTIN PODUR in Raipur on 5 March 2013 JP: As a lawyer and an activist, how do you see…
Biennale Democracy, Turin 10-14 Apr 2013: A Report
By Cristiano Gianolla, 19 April, 2013. The Biennale Democrazia 2013 (10-14 April) is the third edition of the event that took place in Turin since 2009 under the auspices of its director, Gustavo…
To Break a Siege: Justin Podur
This is a review by JUSTIN PODUR of Nirmalangshu Mukherji’s book Maoists in India: Tribals Under Siege (Pluto Press 2012) Source: Kafila Central India is a place where all the fault lines of…
Introducing BRICS from above and BRICS-from-below
There seem to be three narratives about BRICS. The first is promotional and mainly comes from government and allied intellectuals; the second perspective is uncertainty, typical of fence-sitting scholars and NGOs; and the…
South Africa: The inhumanity of dividing identities
Gauteng, March 21: On this day 53 years ago, thousands of people went to the Sharpeville police station to hand in their passes in a peaceful protest against Apartheid pass laws. The South…
Can Europeans be Rational?
Julia Suárez-Krabbe (ALICE Team) on Zabala, Dabashi, Mignolo and the importance of asking the right questions Are the indigenous populations human? This was the question at the centre of philosophical debates in the…
