Tag: Geography of Africa
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Calling Revolutionary Cairo
I have loads of pictures to upload, but here’s a taster of what it was like being in Cairo during the recent Tahrir Square protests – here’s a protest along the Sharia Talaat Harb heading into the square. It was a heady and scary time to be in Egypt and in the square…I took photos…
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This knife of Sheffield steel: British arms in Libya and Bahrain
(Video is not for the squeamish; then again this is real unlike the Tyler video…) Sorry to interrupt the music but unless you’re totally immersed in your XFactor/Gaga/CowellWorld you’d have heard of the successful peaceful protests in Egypt – and the more violent ones still going in Libya and Bahrain. The video above is gruelling;…
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Pictures from Ethiopia & South Africa
Some of you will know I’ve just come back from a 2 week trip to Ethiopia and South Africa – certainly the cold wet weather has been a shock now I’m back in England. While I was there I visited Addis Ababa, Bahir Dar, Lake Tana & the island monasteries by boat, the mouth of…
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RC 171: Around the World in 808s Pt 1
Hiphop is over 30 years old and has become an international phenomenon, in surprising ways from Maasai rappers to Austrian accordion anarchists, from kuduro to kwaito, from east-end grime to german Krautrap. Part Two is here. Here is part one of a journey in 808 beats round the world, via hiphop. Hip Hop You Don’t…