News & Events, April '05

Takes

"RTI (Radiodiffusion Télévision Ivoirienne) cameras would dive into the indecency of flirting with violent death by squaring down on the gunshot wounds of the unfortunate victim. Then one or two people in the attending crowd would be interviewed, and they would shower the police in blessings and congratulations" - Henri-Michel Yéré on rediscovering the Riviera in Abidjan.

Sean Jacobs reviews Khalo Mathabane's Story of a Beautiful Country

"I don't like the vibe: the model-C, middle-class, hodgepodge of those who can literally afford to disengage and Laugh it Off. I don't like the faux politics, the half-baked principles, the lily-white prissy toyi-toyi outside the magistrates' court" - Jonathan Faull on why he's not laughing it off.