Africa
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A Safari in a Familiar Landscape
With its dark and somewhat obvious portrayal of wealthy Austrians and Germans on a hunting safari in Africa, Ulrich Seidl’s new documentary suggests that the acclaimed filmmaker needs to start challenging himself.
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Security for sale
AFRICA: The security agents on the continent occasionally contribute to security for certain people in specific areas, but they also mix roles.
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Elite liberalism + mass nationalism = true
GLOBALISATION: For political scientist Jean François Bayart, globalisation and the development of national identity are complementary processes.
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The middle class without resources
AFRICA: A solid academic work where all writers are critical – in part, very critical – to this understanding of the African middle class.
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Africa on African terms
AFRICA: It is a paradox that Africa is assessed in relation to Europe rather than being compared to itself and its own values.
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The unpleasant truth
AFRICA: For those who want to understand the political complexity of sub-Saharan Africa.
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SPIES IN THE CONGO: The forgotten victims of the Hiroshima bomb
Susan Williams has made a docu-crime in the spirit of Pinter, le Carré and Galeano.
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Restrained and harrowing
Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy is a strikingly restrained documentary about the little known abuse that took place under the rule of Chadian dictator Hissein Habrés.
