Blick Bassy

 

Fantastic show by Cameroonian singer Blick Bassy and his band tonight in Paris at Gaité Lyrique. Interview to come on RFI English!

Nouvelle chronique dans le Journal Afrique de France 24

 

#Afrique : Elections à venir au Sénégal et sécheresse en Afrique Australe notamment en Zambie dans cette édition du Journal de l'Afrique de FRANCE24 avec Meriem Amellal :

Lien:

https://f24.my/AbuC.X

Following the electoral campaign in Tunisia

 

My latest, about North Africa: 

Tunisia

Tunisia’s presidential campaign continues
amid protests over restricted freedoms

NEWSLETTER - New post:

 

Can the balance of power in our world change?


Africa, the Arab World and Asia are done with a diplomacy dominated by the West... Some leaders and human rights advocate want to improve relations, but can it be done in such a conflictual context?

Melissa Chemam
Sep 15, 2024

Link: https://melissa.substack.com/p/can-the-balance-of-power-in-our-world

Link: https://melissa.substack.com/p/can-the-balance-of-power-in-our-world

Senegal: Towards a parliamentary election

Senegal's president dissolves parliament,
calls snap November election

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has dissolved the opposition-led National Assembly just six months after taking office, clearing the way for early legislative elections on 17 November.

 

Senegal: Parliamentary elections looming?

 

Senegal

Parliament shake-up looms as Senegal’s government faces showdown with opposition

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is expected to dissolve the opposition-led parliament and initiate a sweeping anti-corruption campaign that could implicate dozens of officials.

Issued on: 12/09/2024 - 15:41Modified: 12/09/2024 - 16:39

read here:

Parliament shake-up looms as Senegal’s government faces showdown with opposition

A rare French film about the slave trade

 

Ni Chaînes Ni Maîtres is the director Simon Moutaïrou's first feature film, and deals with slavery and maroonage in Mauritius in the 18th century...

NI CHAÎNES NI MAÎTRES 

Bande Annonce (2024)

Returning colonial looted art to its countries of origin | DW Documentary

 

Returning colonial looted art to its 

countries of origin | DW Documentary

Colonial looted art is finally being returned to its countries of origin. But new problems lie ahead, as former colonies now fear the return of looted art may take the place of a comprehensive reparation for colonial crimes. The documentary shows how the return of looted art leads to new disputes. One example is Nigeria. In move that would’ve been considered unthinkable just a few years ago, Germany is returning a large part of the disputed Benin bronzes to Nigeria. For years, legal arguments had been made as to why the bronzes were "rightfully" in Germany despite colonial crimes. Now, however, a heightened awareness of post-colonialism moral obligations is increasingly determining action.

But descendants of Nigerian slaves have criticized the terms of the return of the Benin bronzes. These cultural goods are being returned to Benin City - a center of the criminal slave trade. So is restitution being made to former perpetrators? Were too few descendants of those affected included in the restitution considerations?

To whom exactly should the looted cultural treasures be returned? To nation states whose arbitrary borders are often themselves the result of colonialism? Or to the descendants of traditional cultures of origin within these states, who were once the victims of colonial encroachment? Debates about this have only just begun. What are the arguments in favor of art historian Bénédicte Savoy's "give it all back" demands? And is there merit to the warnings of ethnologist Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin, who says: "You are gambling away world heritage"?

The shift in position on looted art also affects Europe. Poland and Germany, for example, are fighting over the precious manuscripts of the "Berlinka" collection in Krakow. The indigenous Samí people in the far north of Scandinavia also have justified claims for restitution - and not just to Berlin.

Emilia Pérez - from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

 

This film, and its music, is beyond belief.

I went to see it a second time. Probably my favourite moment:

El Mal

El Mal · Zoe Saldaña · Karla Sofia Gascón · Camille Emilia Pérez (Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ℗ 2024 Why Not Productions / Page 114 under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment Released on: 2024-09-04 Arranger, Composer, Producer: Clément Ducol Composer, Lyricist, Producer: Camille Dalmais Lyricist: Jacques Audiard

'Les Statues Meurent Aussi' - Chris Marker, Alain Resnais

 

Les Statues Meurent Aussi - Chris Marker, Alain Resnais - 1953