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Nowhere in Africa (2001)

Posted on 24 May 2009 by Codrin Arsene

Nowhere in Africa might just be the most touching and most caring Western movie on an Africa-related theme I’ve seen in my life If you were to leave the comfortable and safe environment of your upper class house, and move to a completely new place where the customs, morals, habits and the language you speak [...]

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I dreamed of Africa (2000)

Posted on 20 May 2009 by Codrin Arsene

I just started watching a series of African and Africa related movies in an attempt to make a Top 20 Best African movies for me and for other people who would like to have a glimpse of Africa through visual arts. As few such tops exist I ‘m looking into various online resources, both from Africa and from the Western media and I’m piling up my list.

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This Vanguard reportage deserves to be seen.

I don’t normally post things that are not Africa-related but this young man from Taiwan is simply amazing. Lin Yu Chun participated in a Taiwanese version of the American Idol called Super Star Avenue, singing the song I will always love you by Whitney Houston. I’ll keep it short: his version of the song is clearly better than what Mrs. Houston is capable of singing right now. Some dubbed him the “Susan Boyle of Taiwan” and there might just be something of this young man. Check it out yourselves. I’m sure you’ll be surprised as well.

To all of us who have experienced the adventure that is a boda-boda (motorcycle-taxi in East Africa, primarily in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and DR Congo)