Interview

Julia Solomonoff: "Argentine men suffer from machismo themselves"

May 2010 -

One of the jewels of the sixth Latin American Film Festival is El último verano de la boyita by the Argentine film director Julia Solomonoff. It is a tender dual portrait of city girl Jorgelina, who spends a summer in the country, and Mario, a boy her age, who is wrestling with a big secret.

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Salif Keita sings of his pride at being an albino

March 2010 -

After considerable successes in the eighties it appears that the Malinese Afro-pop singer and song writer Salif Keita is returning to his tradition.

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Turkish-Kurdish singer Rojin: "I don’t want to be treated like a criminal"

March 2010 -

Relationships between Kurds and the Turkish authorities continue to be turbulent and this affects the career of the popular singer.

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Simón Veléz: revolution in bamboo

November 2009 -

The Colombian architect became world famous with his fourteen-metre bamboo structure for the World Fair in Germany in 2000. He was awarded the Prince Clause Award in September 2009.

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Petina Gappah: "Humour is my weapon of choice"

November 2009 -

Zimbabwean author Petina Gappah experienced her international breakthrough in 2009 with her debut Elegy for Easterly. She doesn't see herself becoming a spokesperson for Africa, though.

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Baabal Maal: "African music is more than men pounding on a djembé"

November 2009 -

With his new cd Television the Senegalese singer wants to connect with the contemporary pop music fan and challenge prejudices about his continent's music.

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Curaçao singer Oswin Chin Behilia: "We will be placed under administrative supervision"

november 2009 -

After a singing career, a talkshow and a stint in politics he nearly had enough, but Chin is still committed to Curaçao.

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Njabulo Ndebele: "Celebrating difference might hide realities of inter-cultural contact"

October 2009 -

The South African novelist and academic foresees troubling times ahead in his country. He is an advocateof dealing carefully with  cultural diversity, now that South-Africa is still in a period of transition.

 

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"Literature should heal wounds in Timor-Leste"

October 2009 -

Writer, translator, and campaigner Abe Barreto Soares is determined to put his country's literature on the map, using all available technical supplies. 

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Redeemers and posers

August 2009 -

Until 2003, works made by Zimbabwean artist Kudzamai 'Kudzi' Chiurai (Harare, 1981) were a-political. Now things have changed.

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