SCI-CULTURA

• Black British.Photography

  Posted: March 9, 2009, 2:05 am by sci-culturist

  I found Professor Paul Gilroy’s book to be a very informative, elegant and intriguing visual portrayal of the arrival of Empire Windrush, the mass immigration of Afro-Caribbeans in 1948 and the time that ensued for the newly Black British arrivals and their descendants.  I found it surprising and disappointing, however, that Gilroy overlooked the subsequent [...]

• Africa.Film

  Posted: March 8, 2009, 1:05 am by sci-culturist

  Le Festival Pan-Africain du Cinema et de la Television de Ouagadougou (FESPACO) , aka The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou has recently concluded. The biennial film festival that celebrates African cinema gave tribute to the legendary Ousemane Sembene who pioneered the festival and passed away in 2007. It’s been evident that the contenders for [...]

• Black British.Actors

  Posted: March 2, 2009, 1:29 am by sci-culturist

  I’ve been pondering exceptionally lately on what the label Black British means; the baggage it weighs on the shoulders of those who carry it, those who embrace it and those who reject it, the images and stereotypes it conjures in one’s mind, the connotations it evokes and the incessantly evolving characteristics that define Black British [...]

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