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  • Nigerian blogger, Jonathon Elendu tortured

    Posted: October 28, 2008, 10:39 pm by Sokari
    Nigerian Curiosity is maintaining regular contact with Jonathon Elendu’s family and is publishing regular updates on his detention. The reports are reminiscent of the ugly days of Abacha when disappearance, detention and torture of journalists, activists, politicians, writers, and just about anyone who dared to dissent, where regular occurrences. [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Nigerian blogger, Jonathon Elendu tortured", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/10/nigerian_blogger_jonathon_elendu_tortured.html" });

  • Refusing to fade in obscurity: On Black lesbians making histories

    Posted: October 28, 2008, 12:17 pm by Zanele Muholi
    It has been two months since our only outspoken lesbian soccer team, the Chosen Few, came back from winning bronze at the International Gay & Lesbian Football Association (IGLFA) tournament in London. This was the team’s second bronze medal after winning at the Gay Games Chicago in 2006. Chosen Few is making African herstory [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Refusing to fade in obscurity: On Black lesbians making histories", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/10/refusing_to_fade_in_obscurity_on_black_lesbians_making_histories.html" });

  • Vote for “Imagine This”

    Posted: October 28, 2008, 11:13 am by Sokari
    In 2007, “Imagine This” by Nigerian writer Sade Adeniran won the Commonwealth Prize for best first book for the Africa. This is one of the books I have been meaning to read but haven’t got round to (a list that is becoming way to long) “Imagine This” is now on the list for [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Vote for \"Imagine This\" ", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/10/vote_for_imagine_this_.html" });
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