At the Philharmonie de Paris, Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat resounds as loudly as his political message

tutelary figure In October 2020, the End SARS movement calling for the disbandment of a particularly violent Nigerian police unit took social media by storm. Less than a week later, it spread to the streets of Lagos, then to other cities in the country, carried by a youth largely claiming the heritage of Fela Kuti. … Read more

CAM Communiqué: Accuses “political persecution” and “we assume our national liberation struggle as anti

This morning the following Communiqué from the Arauco Malleco Coordinator, CAM, will be released, which we reproduce in full: CAM PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONIN THE FACE OF THE PERMANENT POLITICAL PERSECUTION AND IMPRISONMENT OF OUR SPOKESPERSON AND OUR PU WEICHAFE, the communities in resistance in political alliance with the Arauco Malleco Coordinator, After a trawun held on … Read more

the moviola | The great freedom. The suffocation of political melodrama

@lamoviola An atmosphere of oppression and suffocation dominates the narrative of the great freedom (Sebastian Meise, Austria, Germany, 2021). On the one hand, Cristal Fournier’s photography in a gray tone that prevails in the environment, with closed shots that are disturbing at times, manage to convey to the viewer the environment lived by the characters, … Read more

Think war. The Civil War: Political Imagination and Reality

The mobilization of the notion of civil war in the public debate is a very old French passion. The taste for politics and that of controversy, which go hand in hand, contribute to fueling it. But the history of France, from the Revolution to the agitation of May 1968, passing through the rapid changes of … Read more

In France a heavy political shock but apparently Macron is not to blame

In the photo Emmanuel Macron and Mario Draghi In France, within a few days, the political situation underwent a decidedly heavy shock: in the second round of elections, Macron did not retain the absolute majority he had obtained in the first round. Yet, as far as he is known to those who live outside that … Read more

The political disease of dollarization

According to the observations that at first glance are feasible reason and understanding, the realities that cover the economy of underdevelopment account for gross problems. All political in nature. So it is not so complicated to understand certain changes that involve challenges in terms of discernment that leads to noticing new ones, but strange realities. … Read more