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Choo$ing My Religion
Christian themes, often marginalized in the past, are becoming increasingly present in pop culture. So what lies at the heart…
3 W’s of cultural policy
"It is useful to think about cultural policy across many different fields; that we should be aware it can be…
CinemAfrica
When 'Tsotsi', the powerful film about the quest for redemption in the life of a black teenage African thief, won…
Blueprint for a bestseller
Earlier this month, at the Publishing Industry's annual BookExpo America, American author John Updike stated in a speech made to…
Artists with borders
After September 11 and the ensuing ‘war on terror’, the United States and many of its Western allies went into…
A necessary refuge
One would be hard pressed to look at any of the world’s media sources nowadays without coming across a story…
Purple Heart Poetics
April is National Poetry Month in the United States. We don’t have a national book, or national painting, or national…
Swapping violence for viola
When you think of words synonymous with Palestine, ‘music’ and ‘violin’ are probably not ones that spring to mind. But…
Art Of Africa
When the African nation of Senegal plays host to the upcoming 3rd World Festival Of Black Arts, it will be…
Firework spectacular
It's been written that gunpowder is the 'explosive that changed the world' and whilst that phrase is more of a…