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Saturday, 22 April 2017

FILM REVIEW: QUESTIONS OF IDENTITY AND BELONGING

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By Dimitri Keramitas As the issue of identity becomes an increasingly global one, filmmakers are delving into how characters navigate t...
Saturday, 15 April 2017

HAVANA TO STAGE INT’L JAZZ DAY’S GLOBAL CONCERT

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The “musically vibrant and culturally rich city” of Havana, Cuba, will host the main concert of this year’s International Jazz Day, to ...
Wednesday, 29 March 2017

FRANCE HOSTS MAJOR EXHIBITION ON JAMAICAN MUSIC

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It’s one of those movie-like spring days in Paris, where blue skies and brilliant sunshine lift spirits after a long, wet, grey winter. Man...
Tuesday, 28 March 2017

PARIS BOOK FAIR SHOWCASES ‘RICHNESS’ OF DIVERSITY

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Long lines of people waiting to speak to an author. Children sitting on the floor immersed in their reading. An African Nobel Prize laureat...
Saturday, 18 March 2017

FAREWELL TO DEREK WALCOTT, THE MASTER OF POETRY

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“So, tell me about the book,” he said. “Who published it?” When I told him the name of the publisher, he joked: “And how much they payi...
Monday, 13 March 2017

A WRITER SPEAKS OF CHILDHOOD SPENT IN ‘DIRTY WAR’

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Laura Alcoba is an Argentine-born writer and translator who lives in Paris, France. Her first book, Manèges ( The Rabbit House ), describe...
Wednesday, 8 March 2017

PARIS FILM FEST HIGHLIGHTS SOLIDARITY, RESISTANCE

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In a time of nationalist populism, closed borders, and hostility to immigrants and refugees, a film festival in Paris, France, is counterin...
Wednesday, 22 February 2017

AMNESTY INT'L WARNS OF GROWING DIVISION AND FEAR

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Politicians have shamelessly been peddling a “toxic rhetoric” that is creating a more divided and dangerous world, said human rights group ...
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Southern World Arts News is an online cultural magazine devoted to the arts of the global south. Here you can read informative profiles of artists from Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, South Asia and elsewhere, who are working all over the world. We also portray writers, filmmakers, painters, musicians and others who use their art to promote respect for human rights. Founder Alecia McKenzie is a writer and painter. Associate Editor DJ Cle is a musician and environmentalist. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Contact: swaninformation@gmail.com.
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