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Review: An African History of Africa – by Zeinab Badawi
Zeinab Badawi’s book offers an Afrocentric perspective on African history, challenging colonial narratives and highlighting the contributions of African civilizations. It discusses figures like Mansa Musa and Shaka Zulu, emphasizing the region’s advanced cultures despite historical exploitation. The text encourages readers to explore a non-mainstream understanding of Africa’s rich heritage and contemporary issues. Continue reading
Africa, African, African natives, Afrocentric, APrtheid, Arab, Arabs, Badawi, BBC, black, black history, British, British Empire.South Africa, caribbean, coloniser, corruption, Dark Continent, dictators, East Africa, elites, European, Geography, Global South, Great Britain, Haij, history, history of Africa, Indian Ocean, international politics, International Relations, London, Mali, Mansa Musa, Mecca, natives, Nelson Mandela, Politics, post-colonial, post-colonoal, reparations, Shaka Zulu, slave trade, slavery, SOAS, south africa, Timbuktu, transatlantic slave trade, UCL, University College London, University of London, West Africa, Western European, White Man, Zeinab Badawi, Zulu -
Massive Attack, Young Fathers – Voodoo In My Blood
The writer reflects on a song by their favorite trip hop band, Massive Attack, which has been stuck in their mind. They mention a disturbing video featuring Rosamund Pike and express admiration for the band’s innovative style amidst the current rise of AI. They encourage readers to relax and enjoy the music. Continue reading
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Differences and Inequalities
Drawing on material from two out of the three strands of DD102 study materials, discuss some of the ways in which differences and inequalities can both change and persist over time. The two topics I have chosen from two strands are City Road, Cardiff from the introductory strand, which looks at Making Lives, Connecting Lives… Continue reading
African West Indian, Arab community, Arabic, Brexit, Britian, British society, Cardiff, Cardiff Bay, caribbean, City Road, City Road Cardiff, COnnecting Lives, differecnes and inequalities, differences, digital world, disability, disabled, disabled rights, discrimination, Erasmus, European, European Union, Europeans, Hawaii, Hawaiian, homeless, illegal immigration, immigrant, immigrant community, inequalities, International Relations, Iraq, Iraqi, Iraqi restaurant, John Arthur, language, London, Making Lives, middle east, MIddle Eastern, Migration, Net Present Value, Nof Al-Kelaby, NPV, Open University, Ordering Lives, political, Politics, racism, Raghuram and Erel, religion, religious beliefs, Salvation Army, Social Science, social scientist, Stephen Sweetman, taking the knee, The Hawaiian, TOmmy Robinson, United Kingdom, Wales, Welsh, West Indian, Windrush -
Review: Our Man in Havana – by Graham Greene
Graham Greene delivers here a classic espionage novel, fiction, set in Cuba around the time of the revolution, Greene writes in his knowledgeable subject area of expertise a comedy account of a chance vacuum salesman being recruited by Mi6 as their ‘Man in Havana.’ Struggling lone parent Wormold runs a little enterprising vacuum franchise and… Continue reading
assassination, Beatrice, British Government, Captain Segura, caribbean, Cold War espionage, Comedy, Communism, Communist, Cuba, Cuban Missile Crisis, Dr Hasselbacher, farce, FUBAR, gambit, German, Graham Greene, Havana, Intelligence swervice, Jamaica, London, mi6, mi6 agent, Mi6 officer, Our Man in Havana, romance, Russia, secret service, secretary, Sierra, Soviet Union, Spy SIS, U.K., United Kingdom, vacuum cleaners, Wormald, Wormold -
Review: Track Record by Darren Campbell with Trystan Bevan
Darren Campbell is one of the fastest men in the world and has won Olympic Gold. I’m probably one of the slowest men in the world and know next to nothing about athletics. The Olympics though are unmissable, especially the mens’ sprints. Campbell achieved the zenith of his success in Athens 2004 leading the British… Continue reading
100 metres, Andrey Shevshenko, Athens, athlete, athletics, Atlanta, black, bosnia, Budapest, Cardiff, Cardiff Blues, caribbean, Chelsea, CHristian Malcolm, Commonwealth, Commonwealth Games, crime, Croatia, Darren Campbell, drugs, Gangster, gold medal, Gunchester, Jamaica, Jonah Lomu, Linford Christie, Manchester, Moss Side, Newport, Olympics, PAS, professional athlete, professional sport, race, racism, serbia, silver medal, Sport, sportsnutrition, sprinting, sydney, Trystan Bevan, USA, Wales, Windrush, Windrush Generation, Yugoslavia -
Review: Gangster Warlords – Drug Dollars, Killing Fields and the New Politics of Latin America – by Ioan Grillo
This is the second of Ioan Grillo’s books that I have read and I found this volume equally as good as my first encounter with this talented British journalist. Gangster Warlords focuses on 4 separate crime gangs across the Americas. For each group we identify leaders, politics, often brutal and horrendous crimes and a link… Continue reading
autodefensas, bocas, Brasil, Brazil, British, caribbean, Christopher Michael Coke, COcaine, Comando Vermelho, crystal meth, drug war, Dudus, El Chayo, El más loco, el salvador, favelas, gangs, Gangster, Gangster Warlords, honduras, Ioan Grillo, Jamaica, Knights Templar, La Familia Michoacana, Latin America, mara salvatrucha, marijuana, Mexico, ms-13, narcotics, Nazario, Nazario Moreno, Northern Triangle, red commando, rio, Shower Posse, Sinaloa, The Maddest One, violence, war on drugs, William da Silva Lima, Yardie -
Review: Kanaval – Vodou, Politics and Revolution on the Streets of Haïti – by Leah Gordon
Leah Gordon, a former punk artist and photographer, chronicles her experiences of Kanaval in Jacmel, Haiti, from 1995 to 2010. Through powerful black and white images and oral histories, she captures the vibrant street theater that blends Vodou and political commentary. The book includes critical essays reflecting on the significance of her work. Continue reading
Africa, black, caribbean, Carnival, Creole, exoticism, Fiesta, French, Haiti, haitian revolution, Jacmel, Jwif Eran, Kanaval, Lanse Kòd, Leah Gordon, London, Other, Oungan, Papa Sida, Politics, post-colonial, Punk, Revolution, Satan, spirituality, St. Michael, St. Michel, street theatre, Vodou, Voodoo, western Hemisphere, Wings Of Maturin, Zel Maturin -
Review: The Repeating Island – The Caribbean and the Postmodern Perspective – by Antonio Benítez-Rojo
The Cuban author offers a postmodern view of the Caribbean. It is a sociocultural study that encompasses aspects of history, economics, sociology, cultural anthropology, psychoanalysis, literary theory, and non-linear mathematics, incorporating chaos theory. The book’s aims and theories are laid out in a flowing introduction whereby Benítez-Rojo’s notion of the ‘repeating island’ is explored, through… Continue reading
Antilles, Benítez-Rojo, caribbean, caribbean authors, chaos theory, Cuba, cuban, cultural anthropolgy, french studies, gabriel garcia marquez, Guillén, Hispanic Studies, Mackandal, non-linear mathematics, Plantation, Plantation culture, postcolonialism, postmodernism, postmodernist, Repeating Island, slavery, supersyncretic, Virgen dela Caridad del Cobre, West indies -
Review: Cocaine Nation – How The White Trade Took Over The World – by Tom Feiling
This is an enthralling, well-researched book, that reveals many unknown new facts about the global cocaine industry. The book opens with a chapter focussing on the USA, the biggest market for the Cocaine industry, where 66% of Cocaine users exist. We then enter into the producing and transit phase of the drug and examine Colombia,… Continue reading
Cali, caribbean, Cartel, COcaine, Cocaine Industry, Cocaine Nation, Colombian Civil War, crack, crack cocaine, Cuba, FARC< AUC, Gulf, Haiti, Holland, Jamaica, Juarez, Los Zeatas, Medellin, Mexico, narcotics, Portugal, Shower Posse, Sinaloa, Tijuana, Tom Feiling, United Kingdom, United Nations, USA, White House
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