Orwa Nyrabia – International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
IDFA: The new artistic director at IDFA talks about the new features of the documentary industry and how watching a documentary can turn into a life-changing experience.
Africa
The power of mobilisation
AFRICA: Political resistance in Africa is led by the middle-class, while the poor gather in the streets.
Between humanitarian tourism and moral compromise
A modern view of Africa
AFRICA: Editor and professor Nic Cheeseman succeeds in his goal of offering a new and modern understanding of the African state.
The untold story of ‘the red gold’
By using production of tomato paste as an example, The Empire of Red Gold gives an astonishing insight on the uncomforting workings of globalism, and the means of production that has up until now never been revealed.
Nuanced about Boko Haram
AFRICA: Over the past three years, Hilary Matfess has interviewed a number of women who have been liberated from Boko Haram in northern Nigeria. She challenges the reader to refine their perception of the group.
Portrait of a Ghanaian child porter
Thousands of Ghanaian girls as young as six are systematically sent away from their impoverished rural homes to the capital to scrape together a few pennies – burdened with loads that could break the back of a strong adult.
A quiet form of genocide
Can hunger be abolished? Today’s hunger disasters have political causes, claims professor Alex De Waal. He believes famine must be criminalized and that political leaders must be brought to court.
The Warlord Democrats of Africa
How do African rebel leaders succeed politically after the end of military conflicts? Ten Africa-experts have examined the question.
Warlords’ post-democracies
AFRICA: How do the African rebel leaders succeed politically after the conflicts have subsided? Ten African scientists have looked into the matter.
Not around my luxury villa
AFRICA: If this book is translated into English, it will become a new French academic bestseller.
A good value for money?
AFRICA: There is intense debate in France and French-speaking Africa about the use of the CFA monetary unit.