Liz Chege
@elchronicle.bsky.social
PhD candidate , Salzburg Global Fellow, Film Programmer. Trying to be optimistic.
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Senegal.
Students expelled the Israeli ambassador at the largest university in Senegal, Cheikh Anta Diop University, from the university premises, where he had come to attend a conference on international relations.
Students expelled the Israeli ambassador at the largest university in Senegal, Cheikh Anta Diop University, from the university premises, where he had come to attend a conference on international relations.
June 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Senegal.
Students expelled the Israeli ambassador at the largest university in Senegal, Cheikh Anta Diop University, from the university premises, where he had come to attend a conference on international relations.
Students expelled the Israeli ambassador at the largest university in Senegal, Cheikh Anta Diop University, from the university premises, where he had come to attend a conference on international relations.
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Excited to see that black people performing country music are only eligible for 3/5ths of a Grammy
The Recording Academy has added a “traditional country” category following Beyoncé’s historic “Cowboy Carter” win
Grammys add ‘traditional country’ category following Beyoncé's win
The Recording Academy has made a distinct change to its Country Album category — a change that is raising eyebrows online among Beyoncé fans.
www.whatimreading.net
June 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Excited to see that black people performing country music are only eligible for 3/5ths of a Grammy
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The indictment that Sly Stone articulated on his album “There’s a Riot Goin’ On” is: When will you realize that your country is a myth? And, if you already have, what might you do next?
Sly Stone’s Political and Musical Awakening
How “There’s a Riot Goin’ On” helped the musician find a purpose beyond hippie-culture stardom.
www.newyorker.com
June 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The indictment that Sly Stone articulated on his album “There’s a Riot Goin’ On” is: When will you realize that your country is a myth? And, if you already have, what might you do next?
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African prisoners made sound recordings in German camps in WW1: this is what they had to say
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African prisoners made sound recordings in German camps in WW1: this is what they had to say
African prisoners in German camps were studied by ethnographers, who recorded their voices. What they had to say is poignant and unexpected.
theconversation.com
June 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
African prisoners made sound recordings in German camps in WW1: this is what they had to say
theconversation.com/african-pris...
theconversation.com/african-pris...
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The blockbuster horror film "Sinners" features the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in a short, impactful scene. For some Choctaw, it is the first time they've heard their language and seen their culture accurately portrayed on screen.
'Sinners' Puts 'Truth on Screen' For The Mississippi Choctaws
For many Mississippi Choctaws, “Sinners” is the first time they've heard their language and seen their culture accurately portrayed on screen.
www.mississippifreepress.org
June 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The blockbuster horror film "Sinners" features the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in a short, impactful scene. For some Choctaw, it is the first time they've heard their language and seen their culture accurately portrayed on screen.
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White billionaire from her yacht cites Audre Lorde in defence of a white writer for a Far Right newspaper complaining about the criticism she got for her bigoted attack on a woman of colour.
What times!
What times!
May 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
White billionaire from her yacht cites Audre Lorde in defence of a white writer for a Far Right newspaper complaining about the criticism she got for her bigoted attack on a woman of colour.
What times!
What times!
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If you were curious about how Ryan Coogler and his team constructed that musical sequence in Sinners, here’s a clip of him explaining it.
(Via The NY Times 😒)
(Via The NY Times 😒)
May 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If you were curious about how Ryan Coogler and his team constructed that musical sequence in Sinners, here’s a clip of him explaining it.
(Via The NY Times 😒)
(Via The NY Times 😒)
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German Foreign Office just updated its travel advice to the US. Germans are explicitly warned for arrest, detention and deportation when traveling to the US.
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amer...
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amer...
Nach Festnahmen von Deutschen: Reisehinweise für USA aktualisiert
Nach einzelnen Festnahmen deutscher Staatsbürger bei ihrer Einreise in die USA hat jetzt das Auswärtige Amt reagiert: Das Ministerium hat die Reisehinweise für die Vereinigten Staaten ergänzt.
www.tagesschau.de
March 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
German Foreign Office just updated its travel advice to the US. Germans are explicitly warned for arrest, detention and deportation when traveling to the US.
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amer...
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amer...
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In 1885, in one of the most gruesome episodes of racial terror in U.S. history, a white mob killed at least 28 Chinese residents of Rock Springs, Wyoming, and burned down the town’s Chinese quarter. @michaelluo.bsky.social writes about the little-known atrocity.
When an American Town Massacred Its Chinese Immigrants
In 1885, white rioters murdered dozens of their Asian neighbors in Rock Springs, Wyoming. A hundred and forty years later, the story of the atrocity is still being unearthed.
www.newyorker.com
March 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
In 1885, in one of the most gruesome episodes of racial terror in U.S. history, a white mob killed at least 28 Chinese residents of Rock Springs, Wyoming, and burned down the town’s Chinese quarter. @michaelluo.bsky.social writes about the little-known atrocity.
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A new $15 million jazz fellowship is granting 50 artists over the age of 62 a $100,000 grant, professional support and performance opportunities
New jazz fellowship honors the genre's elders and gives them each an unrestricted $100,000 grant
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and The Jazz Foundation of America on Tuesday announced the Jazz Legacies Fellowship -- a new $15 million program that will give 50 artists who are 62 years or older a ...
apnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A new $15 million jazz fellowship is granting 50 artists over the age of 62 a $100,000 grant, professional support and performance opportunities
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Gene Hackman, 95, and pianist wife Betsy Arakawa, 63, found dead at home with their dog
Gene Hackman, 95, and pianist wife Betsy Arakawa, 63, found dead at home with their dog
The Oscar-winning star of The French Connection, The Conversation, Superman and The Poseidon Adventure has died, along with his classical musician wife, according to a Santa Fe sheriff
Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman has died at the age of 95. In a…
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Gene Hackman, 95, and pianist wife Betsy Arakawa, 63, found dead at home with their dog
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Poverty is on the rise across the African continent. The pain, however, is not evenly distributed.
On average, lived poverty is at its worst level in a quarter-century of Afrobarometer surveys.
On average, lived poverty is at its worst level in a quarter-century of Afrobarometer surveys.
February 23, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Poverty is on the rise across the African continent. The pain, however, is not evenly distributed.
On average, lived poverty is at its worst level in a quarter-century of Afrobarometer surveys.
On average, lived poverty is at its worst level in a quarter-century of Afrobarometer surveys.
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In an essay from 2017, Toni Morrison, who was born on this day, in 1931, recalled some lessons on work that she gleaned from her father. nyer.cm/1otRPRB
February 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
In an essay from 2017, Toni Morrison, who was born on this day, in 1931, recalled some lessons on work that she gleaned from her father. nyer.cm/1otRPRB
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Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons:
-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.
-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
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-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.
-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
🧵⬇️
February 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons:
-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.
-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
🧵⬇️
-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.
-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
🧵⬇️
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“The project keeping Nigeria’s photographic history alive” wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/lago...
“…offering an alternative view, a counterbalance to disembodied news images or iconic shots that all too often come to represent complex places and peoples.”
“…offering an alternative view, a counterbalance to disembodied news images or iconic shots that all too often come to represent complex places and peoples.”
February 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
“The project keeping Nigeria’s photographic history alive” wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/lago...
“…offering an alternative view, a counterbalance to disembodied news images or iconic shots that all too often come to represent complex places and peoples.”
“…offering an alternative view, a counterbalance to disembodied news images or iconic shots that all too often come to represent complex places and peoples.”
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“Are you going to be a coward?” Zül-Qarnain Nantambu asked himself before taking the field for Kendrick Lamar’s show. “Are you going to take a stand?”
The Inside Story of the Super Bowl Halftime Performer Who Raised a Palestine and Sudan Flag
“Are you going to be a coward?” Zül-Qarnain Nantambu asked himself before taking the field for Kendrick Lamar’s show. “Are you going to take a stand?”
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February 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
“Are you going to be a coward?” Zül-Qarnain Nantambu asked himself before taking the field for Kendrick Lamar’s show. “Are you going to take a stand?”
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During Kendrick's halftime show a man unfurled a Palestinian flag and was chased off stage and eventually tackled and removed by security.
February 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
During Kendrick's halftime show a man unfurled a Palestinian flag and was chased off stage and eventually tackled and removed by security.
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In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
Louisiana coerced unhoused people into an unheated warehouse – and paid $17.5m for it
Dozens of New Orleanians were bused to a site with insufficient heating and blankets days before the city is to host the Super Bowl
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
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Scholars of civil resistance study what happens when mainstream political institutions break down and the people rise up.
How to Stop a Power Grab
As democracy hangs in the balance, activists are drawing lessons from the study of civil resistance.
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February 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Scholars of civil resistance study what happens when mainstream political institutions break down and the people rise up.
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Our recording of the presentations from the 2025 Working Papers Series: Postdoc Roundtable, is now available on our Vimeo page! The presentations cover topics incl. community archives, restoration projects of media arts, artists books, & feminist film festivals.
vimeo.com/1053869416
vimeo.com/1053869416
Working Papers Series: 2025 Postdoc Roundtable Presentations
This video is a recording of the WPS: Postdoc Roundtable discussion that took place on January 23rd, 2025. The Archive/Counter-Archive Working Papers Series…
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February 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Our recording of the presentations from the 2025 Working Papers Series: Postdoc Roundtable, is now available on our Vimeo page! The presentations cover topics incl. community archives, restoration projects of media arts, artists books, & feminist film festivals.
vimeo.com/1053869416
vimeo.com/1053869416
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Johnnie To and Tony Leung are teaming for a gangster drama.
Johnnie To Will Direct Tony Leung in Gangster Feature Eyeing 2027 Release
Though once wildly, dizzyingly prolific, Johnnie To has only debuted three features in the last ten years, and recent interviews have left him sounding less-than-optimistic about a new project––be tha...
thefilmstage.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Johnnie To and Tony Leung are teaming for a gangster drama.
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“Whatever white people do not know about Negroes reveals, precisely and inexorably, what they do not know about themselves,” James Baldwin wrote, in 1962. #NewYorkerArchive
James Baldwin: Letter from a Region in My Mind
From 1962: “Whatever white people do not know about Negroes reveals, precisely and inexorably, what they do not know about themselves.”
www.newyorker.com
January 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
“Whatever white people do not know about Negroes reveals, precisely and inexorably, what they do not know about themselves,” James Baldwin wrote, in 1962. #NewYorkerArchive