Congo-Kinshasa: Baloji Pushes Cinema Boundaries With Augure/Omen

[ad_1] The Belgian/Congolese rapper/composer/recording artist Baloji has always cut his own road, creating unclassifiable recordings and videos that reflect a broad and in some ways radical world view, full of provocative contradictions, ancient and modern elements colliding, all anchored in his deep, resonant, profoundly confident voice. Now Baloji has produced his first feature-length film Augure/Omen, a marvel of magic realism and sharp social commentary, all filmed during a 23-day shoot in Kinshasa. So has directing films supplanted music in Baloji […]

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Africa

African Countries Are Struggling With High Debt, Demands to Spend More and Collapsing Currencies – the Policy Fixes That Could Help

[ad_1] Highly indebted African countries are facing stark trade-offs between servicing expensive debt, supporting high and growing development needs, and stabilising domestic currencies. Government debt has risen in at least 40 African countries over the past decade. As a result, some are experiencing a bad combination of high debt, elevated development spending needs amid budget shortfalls, and unfavourable exchange rate pressures. These issues have become more pressing since 2022, when persistently high inflation prompted major central banks around the world […]

February 1, 2024 3

Japan

Facebook, the social network old-timer, turns 20

[ad_1] What was a simple hangout spot for young people when it arrived on the scene 20 years ago, Facebook has since become a battle-hardened behemoth with an insatiable appetite for your attention. [ad_2] Source link

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Japan

Maxime Lucu to replace Antoine Dupont for France’s Six Nations opener

[ad_1] Paris – Scrumhalf Maxime Lucu will start France's Six Nations opener against Ireland this week, as the French begin the campaign without talismanic captain Antoine Dupont, head coach Fabien Galthie said on Wednesday. Lucu will stand in for Dupont as the former World Rugby Player of the Year misses the tournament in order to prepare to play Rugby Sevens at this year's Paris Olympics. The 31-year-old will partner Bordeaux-Begles […]

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Japan

‘Everything, Everywhere’: Contemplative drama speaks to lonely drifters

[ad_1] Japanese filmmakers have been shooting abroad for decades but typically on studio projects that use their foreign settings as exotic backdrops.Kah Wai Lim, a Malaysian director who has long been based on Osaka, makes indie films that are the very definition of borderless, including his Balkan trilogy: “No Where, Now Here” (2018), “Somewhen, Somewhere” (2019) and his latest, “Everything, Everywhere.”Shot with a skeleton crew and using local non-professionals to […]

February 1, 2024 3

Africa

The man determined to wrestle Zimbabwe’s 'crocodile'

[ad_1] Why opposition politician Job Sikhala, freed after 18 months in detention, refuses to be cowed. [ad_2] Source link

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Africa

Job Sikhala, the man determined to wrestle Zimbabwe’s 'crocodile'

[ad_1] Why opposition politician Job Sikhala, freed after 18 months in detention, refuses to be cowed. [ad_2] Source link

February 1, 2024 2

Japan

‘Sono Kodo ni Mimi o Ateyo’: An absorbing dive into pressures of the ER

[ad_1] Television dramas have been an effective recruitment tool for hospitals — and emergency rooms in particular. From George Clooney in “ER” to Ryohei Suzuki in “Tokyo MER,” successive generations of TV doctors and nurses have brought an aura of glamor to a profession more often defined by endless night shifts, impossible workloads and lousy pay.Early on during Takuro Adachi’s “Sono Kodo ni Mimi wo Ateyo” (which translates to “listen […]

February 1, 2024 3

Africa

How surfing is challenging tradition in a Ghanaian town

[ad_1] Sandy Alibo is the founder of Surf Ghana,, external an organisation which uses action sports to empower and educate young people and supports the building of a sustainable surfing infrastructure.However beautifully Busua's story is told, she says Ghana's surf scene depends on cold, hard numbers."In the village, they see money first," she says."Life is really difficult. People can earn 400-500 cedis (£26-£32) a month. The priority of every parent […]

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