New podcast episode: Spotlight On Africa
What are Africa's economic needs amid rising competition between China and the West?
To listen >>
Link to our webpage https://rfi.my/B0t5.X
Apple podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-are-africas-economic-needs-amid-rising-competition/id1241972991?i=1000671766047
Adored the movement as a teenager, still love most of it (apart from the lingering misogyny, but where can we really be free of it?).
Here are a few shots from my visit last week:
Cameroon's Blick Bassy seeks to unite
new generation of African music makers
Composer, singer and songwriter Blick Bassy makes music that celebrates his multiple identities: as a Cameroonian living between Africa and France, a polyglot, a travelling artist, and a Pan-Africanist. RFI met him in Paris to discuss his latest album, as well as a new project to unite music makers from across the African continent.
read from here: https://www.rfi.fr/en/culture/20240929-cameroon-s-blick-bassy-seeks-to-unite-new-generation-of-african-music-makers
I needed a break... to reconnect with beauty and simple joy, away from the news:
(Jerusalem, September 30, 2024) – The Israeli government’s attacks and unlawful blockade against Gaza have inflicted profound trauma and suffering on Palestinian children, especially those with disabilities, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
The Israeli military’s extensive use of explosive weapons has caused serious injuries resulting in permanent disabilities and lifelong scarring for children in Gaza. The 95-page report, “‘They Destroyed What Was Inside Us’: Children with Disabilities Amid Israel’s Attacks on Gaza,” documents that children who have acquired a disability and children who already had a disability in Gaza face a precarious security situation and additional difficulties as they struggle to comply with frequent Israeli army evacuation orders and a lack of effective advance warning of attacks.
The ongoing siege of Gaza, the unlawful obstruction of humanitarian aid, the use of starvation as a weapon of war, and damage and destruction of hospitals cause disproportionate harm to children with disabilities, who struggle to access desperately needed medical treatment and supplies, assistive devices, food, and water. They are at particular risk of lasting psychological harm.
New song, out today:
LYRICS Melissa Tell Me whats on your mind girl You keep me wondering Whatever happened to me Everyday I look out for your love But nothing ever comes my way nothing ever does Melissa Now your love has died away there just one thing i wanna say Dont take my life away Melissa I just want to fly away And have your love beside to stay Disappear for ever I was a lost boy I didnt know what i wanted But now your love has gone away With you im Always haunted Melissa Now your love has died away there just one thing i wanna say Dont take my life away Melissa I just want to fly away And have your love beside to stay Disappear for ever Melissa Now your love has died away there just one thing i wanna say Dont take my life away Melissa I just want to fly away And have your love beside to stay Disappear for ever
L’Afrique Australe est à la fois touchée par la sécheresse et les inondations. Comment le climat affecte la région ?
Réponses avec notre invitée Mélissa Chemam, journaliste à RFI Anglais et du "Spotlight on Africa" à retrouver sur RFI.
