Drama, drama, drama: an interview with thespian Rie Shontel
by Minister of Information JR Drama has been a valuable art form to the Black experience in Amerikkka since before slavery. It was one of the ways that we maintained our history, although huge segments...
View ArticleRwanda’s packed prisons and genocide ideology law
by Ann Garrison “Genocide ideology” became a crime in Rwanda in 2003, the same year President Paul Kagame officially became Rwanda’s president, with that year’s ratification of the new Rwandan...
View ArticleTen days in LA
by Jacquie Taliaferro Pan African Film Festival I love LA, at least for 10 days or so. LA is not really the same during “Awards Month.” The Pan African Film Festival kicked off its 20th year with the...
View ArticleRusesabagina to international community: Please ignore Rwanda
An open letter to the international community by Paul Rusesabagina On Aug. 7, Paul Rusesabagina, president of the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation, sent an open letter to international political...
View Article‘Miles Ahead’
Review by The People’s Minister of Information JR Let me be the first to say that “Miles Ahead,” the film about the legendary trumpet player Miles Davis, is completely and utterly terrible and devoid...
View ArticleWanda’s Picks for April 2016
by Wanda Sabir Wanda welcomes the crowd to “Dr. Mutulu Shakur Is Welcome Here,” the Bay Area’s event, held March 20, in a nationwide series of events to convince the federal parole board that beloved...
View ArticleRusesabagina on trial and the shooting deaths of a Rwandan dissident and an...
Paul Rusesbagina, hero of “Hotel Rwanda,” is on trial in Rwanda charged with terrorism. – Photo: AP by Ann Garrison “With every war, kidnapping, and murder on foreign soil, Kagame’s critics ask if...
View ArticleVoices are raised against the NBA launching its new African league in Rwanda
According to Field Level Media, “The NBA’s Basketball Africa League is slated to open its inaugural, 14-day season on May 16 in Kigali, Rwanda. The league will feature a dozen club teams from across...
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