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AfriPOP! Socialite: Semhar Araia

So remember when #whatILoveAboutAfrica became a worldwide trending topic earlier this week? Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you to the source of the phenomenon. Semhar Araia, a critical addition to the criticism of the #Kony2012 viral video, is a well-known voice on social issues on twitter. Meet Semhar, also the founder of  D.A.W.N – (Diaspora African Woman’s Network) a global network for African diaspora professional woman and this week’s AfriPOP! Socialite. Real [...]

 

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Film preview: Heart of Fire (Feuerherz

Heart of Fire, the widely contested biography of Eritrean/Ethiopian singer and author based in Germany, Senait G Mehari, inspires Heart of Fire (Feuerherz), a film about 10-year-old Awet, girl child-soldier for the Eritrean Liberation Front during the Eritrean civil war. From what we’re told Letekidan Micael kills it in the starring role. Cath Clarke gives a round-up in the Guardian’s First Sight. Shows at London’s ICA on September 25- October 8, [...]