Whose vote found a way to the polling booths in Afghanistan? Cartoonist Mehdi Amini highlights pervasive corruption and fraud in this year’s elections.
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In this interview with Cave Canem faculty member Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, she reveals a personal affinity for archival research in libraries and she describes how the Floridian swamp as well as other elements from childhood feed into her work.
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Muratbek Ketebaev, a Kazakh activist and journalist now living in Poland, divulges the events leading up to his exilement and the political milieu in energy-rich Kazakhstan.
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Israel Centeno dissects “nueva trova” music and analyzes its purposeful construction to infuse the Cuban revolution with a soundtrack all its own.
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In this installment of The Freedom Chat, journalist Felipe Altenfelder Silva highlights the similarities of Brazil’s monopolized media to the US and the organic development of Mídia Ninja, an activist platform realized in March 2013.
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Jean-Euphèle Milcé, the founder of PEN Haiti, reveals the current governmental roadblocks impinging on free expression and his future visions for Haiti in this interview originally published by PEN on June 27, 2014.
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Reflecting on the life and work of Nadine Gordimer, most famously known for her humanistic portrayal of the effects of apartheid, we present a personal reading and video interview featuring the Nobel laureate.
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