Sebastián Ruiz-Cabrera
@sebaprensa.bsky.social
Professor: Africa, International media and Global South at University of Girona
CoFounder: wiriko.org
Coordinator Itinerant African Film Festival Catalunya: ficac.cat
CoFounder: wiriko.org
Coordinator Itinerant African Film Festival Catalunya: ficac.cat
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Abrimos año con propósito: un post al día para reenfocar las lentes mediáticas sobre África. Hoy, #Dahomey, de la directora Mati Diop, candidata por Senegal a los #Oscar2025. Una profunda reflexión sobre los temas de identidad cultural, colonialismo y restitución.
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Los pequeños detalles que hacen realidad esa máxima de “descoloniza tu algoritmo”. ¡¡Qué gusto poder contribuir en esta sección!!
@sebaprensa.bsky.social nos prepara todos los meses una lista con 10 novedades musicales!! ¿Aún no las has escuchado? pues aquí tienes las 10 de enero:
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open.spotify.com/playlist/3DU...
MN enero 2025
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open.spotify.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Los pequeños detalles que hacen realidad esa máxima de “descoloniza tu algoritmo”. ¡¡Qué gusto poder contribuir en esta sección!!
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A new study establishes that soda consumption is doing ever more damage to health — with rising rates of diabetes in regions where soda-drinking is on the rise, like sub-Saharan Africa.
How soda is changing the world
A new study establishes that soda consumption is doing ever more damage to health — with rising rates of diabetes in regions where soda-drinking is on the rise, like sub-Saharan Africa.
www.npr.org
January 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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#Sudáfrica tiene niveles de desempleo críticos, un océano de pobreza y miseria, y es el país más desigual del mundo: veremos inevitablemente eventos distópicos si no se aborda el creciente estado de desesperanza
La ironía de esta tragedia es que los precios del oro alcanzaron nuevos récords en 2024.
La ironía de esta tragedia es que los precios del oro alcanzaron nuevos récords en 2024.
South African rescuers have pulled 36 bodies and 82 survivors from a gold mine in two days of operations, police say, adding that the survivors would face illegal mining and immigration charges ⤵️
Rescuers recover 36 bodies and 82 survivors from South African gold mine
Hundreds more survivors and dozens more bodies still underground, according to a miners rights group.
www.aljazeera.com
January 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
#Sudáfrica tiene niveles de desempleo críticos, un océano de pobreza y miseria, y es el país más desigual del mundo: veremos inevitablemente eventos distópicos si no se aborda el creciente estado de desesperanza
La ironía de esta tragedia es que los precios del oro alcanzaron nuevos récords en 2024.
La ironía de esta tragedia es que los precios del oro alcanzaron nuevos récords en 2024.
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#IdrisElba nos encanta, pero su faceta artística no debería eclipsar su nuevo business para transformar algunas ciudades africanas como Zanzíbar (Tanzania) o Freetown (Sierra Leona) en espacios donde el capitalismo digital erosionará el tejido social. Nuevos colonos cool… una pieza magnífica 👇🏿
From a colonial hill town to Idris Elba’s island masterplan, what can two Sierra Leone developments a century apart tell us about urban elitism?
From a colonial hill town to Idris Elba’s island masterplan, what can two Sierra Leone developments a century apart tell us about urban elitism?
Sherbro Island City’s vision of an elite urban development brings to mind some of the colonial thinking around the construction of Freetown’s Hill Station enclave a century ago.
dlvr.it
January 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM
#IdrisElba nos encanta, pero su faceta artística no debería eclipsar su nuevo business para transformar algunas ciudades africanas como Zanzíbar (Tanzania) o Freetown (Sierra Leona) en espacios donde el capitalismo digital erosionará el tejido social. Nuevos colonos cool… una pieza magnífica 👇🏿
Reposted by Sebastián Ruiz-Cabrera
Throughout 2024, Human Rights Watch covered many human rights topics and crises around the world.
From investigations into crimes against humanity and war crimes in Israel, Gaza, and Sudan, to victory for same-sex marriage in Thailand, here are some of the most-read stories on our site in 2024 ⤵️
From investigations into crimes against humanity and war crimes in Israel, Gaza, and Sudan, to victory for same-sex marriage in Thailand, here are some of the most-read stories on our site in 2024 ⤵️
Top Human Rights News from 2024
These were among the most-read stories on our site in 2024.
www.hrw.org
January 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Throughout 2024, Human Rights Watch covered many human rights topics and crises around the world.
From investigations into crimes against humanity and war crimes in Israel, Gaza, and Sudan, to victory for same-sex marriage in Thailand, here are some of the most-read stories on our site in 2024 ⤵️
From investigations into crimes against humanity and war crimes in Israel, Gaza, and Sudan, to victory for same-sex marriage in Thailand, here are some of the most-read stories on our site in 2024 ⤵️
Bye bye western countries! Most Wellcome BRICS!!
January 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Bye bye western countries! Most Wellcome BRICS!!
This research is based on the assertion that, through Turkish TV series, Turkish soft power creates a perception of Turkey in African countries and
argues that those that have been aired on that continent have a political effect on people.
revista.profesionaldelainformacion.com/index.php/EP...
argues that those that have been aired on that continent have a political effect on people.
revista.profesionaldelainformacion.com/index.php/EP...
Effects of Turkish cultural products on its foreign policy toward Africa: Turkish TV series as an example of soft power in Kenya, Mozambique, and Senegal
| Profesional de la información
revista.profesionaldelainformacion.com
January 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
This research is based on the assertion that, through Turkish TV series, Turkish soft power creates a perception of Turkey in African countries and
argues that those that have been aired on that continent have a political effect on people.
revista.profesionaldelainformacion.com/index.php/EP...
argues that those that have been aired on that continent have a political effect on people.
revista.profesionaldelainformacion.com/index.php/EP...
Reposted by Sebastián Ruiz-Cabrera
Dr. Winston Mano of University of Westminster in London took a deep dive into “Afrokology,” a term that summarizes the expansive efforts to decolonize the emerging research about Africa.
Scholars highlight trends for media freedom across Africa in panel in Accra
Dr. Winston Mano of University of Westminster in London took a deep dive into “Afrokology,” a term that summarizes the expansive efforts to decolonize the emerging research about Africa.
globalvoices.org
January 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Dr. Winston Mano of University of Westminster in London took a deep dive into “Afrokology,” a term that summarizes the expansive efforts to decolonize the emerging research about Africa.
Reposted by Sebastián Ruiz-Cabrera
Ghetto Classics has introduced thousands of children to classical music. The lessons provide a refugee for students suffering from hunger, domestic violence and crime.
Classical music offers young people a way out of Kenya’s slums
Ghetto Classics has introduced thousands of children to classical music.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 29, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Ghetto Classics has introduced thousands of children to classical music. The lessons provide a refugee for students suffering from hunger, domestic violence and crime.
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It's official now. The end of an era, a system. apnews.com/article/ivor...
Ivory Coast asks French troops to leave, the latest African country to do so
Ivory Coast says that French troops will leave the country starting January 2025, becoming the latest African nation to downscale military ties with its former colonial power.
apnews.com
January 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It's official now. The end of an era, a system. apnews.com/article/ivor...
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Zimbabwe has abolished the death penalty - President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed into law the Death Penalty Abolition Act, on December 31st 2024.
January 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Zimbabwe has abolished the death penalty - President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed into law the Death Penalty Abolition Act, on December 31st 2024.
Abrimos año con propósito: un post al día para reenfocar las lentes mediáticas sobre África. Hoy, #Dahomey, de la directora Mati Diop, candidata por Senegal a los #Oscar2025. Una profunda reflexión sobre los temas de identidad cultural, colonialismo y restitución.
#focusonafrica (1/365)
January 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Abrimos año con propósito: un post al día para reenfocar las lentes mediáticas sobre África. Hoy, #Dahomey, de la directora Mati Diop, candidata por Senegal a los #Oscar2025. Una profunda reflexión sobre los temas de identidad cultural, colonialismo y restitución.
#focusonafrica (1/365)