Word: continentally
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Diarra is hardly alone among Africans in thinking of Obama as his brother and friend. On a continent sorely in need of political role models, the U.S. President is a huge icon these days, not to mention a lucrative marketing tool. Vendors in Bamako's markets do a brisk trade...
Yet for all that, Obama is not likely to carry any dramatic new policies with him to Africa. That's because much of the tough work was done during George W. Bush's tenure. Bush received high praise from Africans and aid organizations for hugely increasing the U.S. commitment to...
Before the April legislative election in which S.B.Y.'s Democratic Party proved its burgeoning popularity by tripling its showing from the last polls, I walked the streets of Yogyakarta in central Java, marveling at the colorful profusion of campaign posters: the red-and-white star motif of the Democrats, the...
Even by the standards of a globalized world, you won't find many artists more transnational than Yinka Shonibare. He was born in the U.K. of Nigerian parents, spent his childhood shuttling between London and Lagos and, for the past decade or so, has been one of those international figures...
For eight years now, the New York Asian Film Festival has earned "Wow"s and "Huh?"s from Manhattan audiences with its savory mix of action and art-house works from the continent that produces more movies than any other. In its scope and vigor, this is the New York...