SCI-CULTURA

  • African Alchemy

    Posted: March 25, 2011, 9:40 pm by sci-culturist
    Self-critique: Although I talk about the intersect between art and science, they were never separate. It is us who have made it seem that way when we observe it through the lens of our Western-educated minds.

  • The Original [African] Sci-culturists

    Posted: March 13, 2011, 12:00 am by sci-culturist
    Sci-culturist [sahy-kuhl-cher-ist] - noun 1. A person who uses scientific principles to examine cultural knowledge 2. A person with scientific training who probes a specific aspect of culture (with or without scientific principles and language) 3. A bridge builder of science and cultural pursuits This post seeks to document scientists in Africa and the African diaspora [...]

  • Sona Jobarteh :: Female kora virtuoso

    Posted: March 9, 2011, 10:34 am by sci-culturist
    (ht loomnie)     Sona Jobarteh hails from a long West African tradition of Griots and kora players; her grandfather was the master Griot Amadu Bansang Jobarteh (and cousin to the celebrated Kora maestro Toumani Diabaté). Creating her own history, she has broken from the male-dominated kora tradition to become the family’s first female virtuoso [...]

  • Un homme qui crie :: The screaming man

    Posted: March 2, 2011, 5:09 pm by sci-culturist
    Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s film Un homme qui crie (A screaming man), which was the only African film in competition at Cannes, 2010 – the first in over a decade, got a standing ovation at Cannes and won the Prix du Jury (Jury Prize). Irony, because despite being a former French colony, there is no cinema in [...]

  • African Bloggers Statement on David Kato and Uganda

    Posted: March 2, 2011, 10:19 am by sci-culturist
    “We the undersigned wish to express our deep sadness at the murder of Ugandan human rights defender David Kato on 26th January 2011. David’s activism began in the 1980s as an Anti-Apartheid campaigner, where he first expressed a strong passion and conviction for freedom and justice, a passion which continued throughout his life. David was [...]
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