Reading and Watching the World
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Book Review: The Successor by Ismail Kadare (Albania)
Classic satire by Ismail Kadare
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Film Review, Katanga: Dance of the Scorpions (Burkina Faso)
In late November last year I went to London’s BFI to watch a 2024 movie, Katanga: Dance of the Scorpions, shot in Burkina Faso, and directed by Dani Kouyaté. The coup-beleaguered, West African state of Burkina Faso might seems an unlikely hub for the film industry, but for many years it has hosted the Panafrican… Read more
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