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Mazisi Raymond Kunene was born in Durban, South Africa, in 1930 [12th of May]. He graduated from the University of Natal with a paper on traditional and modern Zulu poetry. In 1959 he obtained a grant to complete his doctoral dissertation in London.
From this point on Kunene dedicated himself to the struggle [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Happy birthday, Mazisi Kunene!", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/happy_birthday_mazisi_kunene.html" });
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Two important events from the DRC - The one month campaign against sexual violence in the DRC took place between March 17-April 17th and coincided with a new law to ending the crimininalisation of children by accusing them of witchcraft. The campaign was funded by the UN Population Fund. However the question is in [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Limited campaign against sexual violence", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/limited_campaign_against_sexual_violence.html" });
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When time works against us
and weighs at the heart
somewhere in a foreign land,
night turns to day, and
the fashion in shop windows
I pass on my way from work
into djellabas, the smell
of restaurants into kuskus
on a market day,
hands all out, stretched
to acknowledge this gift,
walking in the shadow
of African women, men,
with their fear of anchored boats
on coastal fronts. [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Blood river train", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/blood-river-train-rethabile.html" });
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The 15th May - a day for bloggers to unite and focus on human rights everywhere. For more information Bloggers Unite.
Via Devious Diva
Tags:
Blogging
Human Rights
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Bloggers Unite under Human Rights", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/bloggers_unite_under_human_rights.html" });
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May’s International Carnival of Pozitivities is up at dropdeadhappy. Two blog posts stand out - “Myths and misconceptions about HIV and AIDS” by The AIDS Pandemic in which he looks at some of the “old” myths and some more contemporary myths such as HIV is a “black disease” or “two positive people do not need [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Quick Links", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/quick_links-10.html" });
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Lesbian and Gay Equality Project, Johannesburg, South Africa.
In a packed Springs Magristrate Court C, the five young men accused of murdering Eudy Simalane appeared this morning before Acting Chief Magistrate Mandla Mthombeni. The five young men, (K. Magabhula, J. Mahlangu, T. Mvuba, T. Pitja and T. Phithi) did not have anything to say to [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Killers of EUDY SIMELANE appear before a packed court. ", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/killers_of_eudy_simelane_appear_before_a_packed_court_.html" });
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Once again another lesbian has been raped, tortured and murdered in South Africa on Monday 28th April. Sizakele Sisgasa and Salome Masooa were tortured and murdered just 10 months ago. Since then lesbians, gays and transsexuals across the continent - Nigeria, Uganda, Senegal and Cameroon, have been attacked and beaten and arrested [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Eudy Simelane: Another lesbian raped and murdered", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/eudy_simelane_another_lesbian_raped_and_murdered.html" });
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In Prison The Whole Of My Life is a documentary covering the arrest, trial, imprisonment and fight for a retrial for Mumia Abu Jamal. Mumia’s is presently undergoing a complex appeal process which focuses on three major trial violations - the racism of the judge who was heard by the stenographer at [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "No Visible Movement", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/04/no_visible_movement.html" });
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Zimbabwe: Black America must not be silent
Bill Fletcher (2008-04-17)
Much of Black America stopped discussing Zimbabwe after its liberation in 1980; at least, we stopped discussing it for a while. After years of regular coverage of the liberation war, details regarding Zimbabwe became harder to obtain as attention shifted to struggles in Mozambique, Namibia, Angola and [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Zimbabwe: Black America must not be silent", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/04/zimbabwe_black_america_must_not_be_silent.html" });
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PRESS STATEMENT: SA LESBIAN AND GAY COMMUNITY CONCERNED ABOUT DEMOCRACY CRISIS IN ZIMBABWE
The South African Lesbian and Gay Equality Project (LGEP), formerly known as the National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality (NCGLE), is concerned about the deepening political, economic and social crises in Zimbabwe. We express our full solidarity with the lesbians, gay men, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/04/solidarity_with_the_people_of_zimbabwe.html" });