Wednesday, 7 October 2020

FANON 'LIVES' IN GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY, OUT IN FRANCE

›
The graphic biography Frantz Fanon hit bookshops this autumn, in a year that has seen a renewed focus on colonialism and the combat for equ...
Friday, 25 September 2020

CONGOLESE 'KINGS' OF ART ON EXHIBITION IN PARIS

›
Chéri Samba has a sly sense of humour, both in person and in his work. Standing in front of his 2018 painting “J'aime le jeu de relais” ...
Monday, 7 September 2020

SCHOLAR EXPLORES CARIBBEAN LITERARY TRANSLATION

›
(This is the second article in SWAN’s series on translators of Caribbean literature.) Laëtitia Saint-Loubert is a French translator and a...
Tuesday, 1 September 2020

MUSIC COLLECTIVE 'MEGATIVE' DUBS OUT THE NEGATIVE

›
Even as their income dries up and their touring opportunities disappear because of the Covid-19 pandemic, some artists are using their work...
Friday, 14 August 2020

CARIBBEAN LIT: PROFILE OF A PIONEERING TRANSLATOR

›
J amaican writer and academic Elizabeth “Betty” Wilson ranks among the first modern translators in the Caribbean region, translating both p...
Saturday, 1 August 2020

SWAN’S SUMMER 'STAYCATION' SELECTIONS: 3 BOOKS

›
Reading is, of course, a way to travel, so here are our picks for memorable journeys even as the Covid-19 pandemic keeps most of us physical...
Thursday, 9 July 2020

REVIEW: ‘BABENCO’ - THE STORY OF A LIFE, AND A DEATH

›
By Dimitri Keramitas On hearing that the documentary Babenco is about the late Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Hector Babenco, film buffs ...