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Review: Jazz, African independence, secret agents — it's all in 'Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat'
As jazz celebrities rallied to the cause of African decolonization, secret Western interests saw an opportunity for exploitation in this documentary eye-opener.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - 6 hours ago -
Annarella and Django: Jouer review – flute and west African lute shine in expressive new partnership
(We Are Busy Bodies) This marriage of instruments is best when the full-band moments are stripped back to highlight the duo’s artistry. The plucked melodic twang of the ngoni, a west African lute, ...World - The Guardian - November 1 -
Review: In sharp documentary 'Dahomey,' African art returns home, but colonialism still stings
A conversation-starter of a film by director Mati Diop, this brief but complex examination of a France-to-Africa transfer of ancient art asks: Who benefits?Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 2 -
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Russia hosts African ministers to expand ties
Russia has opened the first ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum in the city of Sochi, seeking to deepen ties with African nations and dispel a notion that it’s isolated by ...World - ABC News - 6 days ago -
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Steph, Draymond, Melton questionable for Warriors-Jazz game
The Golden State Warriors came out of their season-opening win with several bumps and bruises.Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 25 -
Sources: Jazz's Hendricks to miss rest of season
Jazz forward Taylor Hendricks exited Monday's game against the Mavericks after suffering a fractured right fibula and dislocated ankle.Sports - ESPN - October 29 -
Six of the hottest tickets for the London Jazz Festival
Pat Metheny opens a heavyweight bill, plus sets from Keyon Harrold and Kenny BarronWorld - Financial Times - November 5 -
Roy Haynes, a Giant of Jazz Drumming, Is Dead at 99
An irrepressible force who remained relevant over the course of a seven-decade career, he had a hand in every major development in modern jazz.Top stories - The New York Times - 3 days ago -
Netherlands mulls sending rejected African asylum seekers to Uganda
Critics say plan mooted by coalition government led by Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom party is ‘totally unfeasible’. The Dutch coalition government, headed by Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom ...World - The Guardian - October 17 -
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Taiwan again rejects South African demand to move its representative office
Taiwan has rejected South Africa’s demand that it move its representative office in the country from the capital, Pretoria, to the commercial center of JohannesburgWorld - ABC News - October 22 -
South Carolina to build state's first individual monument honoring an African American
South Carolina is preparing to put up its first individual statue for an African American on its Statehouse lawn, honoring Robert Smalls.Top stories - NBC News - October 23 -
Giant African rats join crackdown against illegal wildlife trade
Wily rodents deployed to sniff out illicit flows of rhino horns, elephant tusks and pangolin scalesBusiness - Financial Times - October 30 -
Young African Voters Reject Liberation-Era Political Parties
Political parties that have governed for decades since African countries overthrew colonial rulers are now being challenged by frustrated young voters.World - The New York Times - November 2 -
William's rugby skills tested on South African township visit
The Prince of Wales has been playing rugby on a visit to a township outside Cape Town.Top stories - BBC News - November 4 -
Senate likely to double the number of elected African American women
CBS News projects that former Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester will win the Delaware Senate seat, making her the third African American woman elected to the Senate. Though too early to project, Prince ...Top stories - CBS News - November 5 -
ICC judges unseal an arrest warrant for an alleged Central African Republic rebel
Judges at the International Criminal Court have unsealed an arrest warrant for an alleged rebel from the Central African Republic accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity more than a ...World - ABC News - November 7 -
The island of Mauritius, praised as an African success story, will hold its national election
The Indian Ocean-island nation of Mauritius will hold a national election this weekend, when Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth seeks to win a second term as leader of a nation often praised as one of ...World - ABC News - November 8 -
Hama Amadou, West African Political ‘Phoenix,’ Dies at 74
An embattled leader for decades in Niger’s rough-and-tumble politics, he alternated stints in high office with prison and exile.World - The New York Times - 2 days ago -
South African tiger farms illegally smuggling body parts, says charity
Biggest tiger farms outside Asia are operating freely in South Africa, Four Paws animal charity says. The largest tiger farms outside Asia are operating freely in South Africa , facilitating the ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago -
South African government seeks experts' help to bring illegal miners to the surface
The South African government says it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan to bring to surface illegal miners who remain under a disused gold mineWorld - ABC News - 13 hours ago -
The Standoff Deep Inside an Abandoned South African Gold Mine
The government is trying to starve more than 1,000 informal prospectors out of a shaft of the Buffelsfontein mine, which police say extends some 8,000 feet below ground.World - The Wall Street Journal - 13 hours ago -
Reeling Jazz try to move on after Hendricks' gruesome injury
The Utah Jazz have said this season will be centered on developing their young building blocks like forward Taylor Hendricks, but now he’s likely gone for the seasonSports - ABC News - October 30 -
Wemby has 5x5 game in Spurs' win over Jazz
Victor Wembanyama had the second 5x5 game of his career while leading the Spurs over the Jazz.Sports - ESPN - November 1 -
George, Collins lead the Jazz to 1st win, 135-126 over the Bulls
Keyonte George had 33 points and nine assists, John Collins added 28 points and 13 rebounds and the Utah Jazz won for the first time this season, beating the Chicago Bulls 135-126 on Monday nightSports - ABC News - November 4 -
Lou Donaldson, jazz saxophonist who blended many influences, dead at 98
Celebrated jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson has died at the age of 98Entertainment - ABC News - 4 days ago -
Roy Haynes, pioneering jazz drummer and versatile band leader, dies at 99
Roy Haynes, a versatile drummer who played with jazz greats including Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker, died Tuesday after a brief illness. He was 99.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - 3 days ago -
The Curious Case of Nora Holt, a Pioneer of Black Classical Music and Jazz
Nora Holt was a pioneer of Chicago’s Black classical music scene. A friend of Josephine Baker, she later became a blues singer in Parisian nightclubs.Top stories - The New York Times - 3 days ago -
Coups, colonialism and all that jazz: the film that unravels extraordinary cold war truths
Johan Grimonprez’s documentary Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat reveals the curious link between Black Americans’ fight for civil rights and the assassination of Congo’s first democratically elected ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago -
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat — dizzying history of colonialism, murder and jazz in the Congo
The 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba is at the core of a fiercely intelligent, freewheeling documentaryWorld - Financial Times - Yesterday -
Britain’s period of ‘National Reviewal’
Also in this week’s newsletter, SME export sales dipWorld - Financial Times - October 24 -
Boohoo Reviews Frasers' Requests
The online fashion company said it was reviewing Frasers’ recent requests for appointments to its board and that it remained willing to discuss representation with its major shareholder.Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 25
