Friends of African Village Libraries (I post regularly here)- Daytime session at Sherigu Community Library
- La deuxième journée des activités de café littéraire à la bibliothèque de Boni
- Échanges avec la nouvelle gérante de la bibliothèque de Koho
- Reprise des activités de la bibliothèque mobile Pénélope
- Sortie de la Bibliothèque Mobile Pénélope à l’école Sainte Thérèse
- Bonne nouvelle pour les amoureux de la lecture à Niankorodougou
- Bibliothèque communautaire de Zimtenga ! Les livres attendent patiemment le retour des communautés
- Bilan des activités du mois d’août de la bibliothèque de Bougounam
- Bilan des premières journées du café littéraire
- Nyariga community library, daytime activities
Author Archives: mkevane
Nice critique of Lean In from Kate Losse in Dissent Magazine
And so, in the end, Lean In may be a book not about a social movement, but about Sandberg’s own movement from Harvard to Google to Facebook, and now into her self-appointed role as leader of Lean In. The book … Continue reading
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Mladic from Godspeed You! Black Emperor new album ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
a nice review of the album is here:
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I’d ask Emily, but don’t think she would have much to add
Robert Nozick, somewhere, wondered why older people didn’t sacrifice more for the common good. He meant, I think, being prepared for really heroic events involving likely death. Their lives were nearing the end, so the opportunity cost of great sacrifice … Continue reading
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Stone Book Quartet line by line: 1
A bottle of cold tea; bread and a half onion. That was Father’s baggin. Mary emptied her apron of stones from the field and wrapped the baggin in a cloth. First paragraph. Delightfully sparse. Evokes the countryside of long ago. … Continue reading
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War Witch
I didn’t realize this film War Witch (Rebelle) was one of the nominees for best foreign film; to be honest it looks too excruiciatingly sad for me to watch. I have a long-standing principle to put down books for adults … Continue reading
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The Day He Arrives
I am enjoying watching The Day He Arrives immensely… maybe I just needed to see something really intelligent in black and white… god how long has it been!
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Zéphirin Diabré gives up spot in National Assembly
There are many possible reasons for a move like this I suppose, but seems a bit odd, and doesn’t bode well that appears to have happened without groundwork… making him vulnerable to charge of being a bit wacky? But perhaps … Continue reading
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Today’s gender chuckle
Reading Charles Jones and Dietrich Vollrath’s Introduction to Economic Growth. Great book. But. “Gender” and “women” do not appear in the index. Nor do they appear in the text, even in the chapter on fertility and population growth. But gender … Continue reading
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So that’s what the pelleteuse in Béréba is for?
Plus surprenant : une pelleteuse fait partie des prises de guerre. Celle-ci permettait aux jihadistes de creuser des tranchées pour se dissimuler. via Mali: la photo qui fait dire au Tchad que Belmokhtar est mort – Mali / Tchad – … Continue reading
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Homage video to Hollis Frampton
frampton’s lemma from dan browne on Vimeo.
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Great abstract light video… it’s Hollis Frampton all over again
Philosophy by Light from Roman Palchenkov on Vimeo.
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Can you spare fifteen minutes for a quiet smile?
The Six Dollar Fifty Man from NZ Shorts on Vimeo.
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Pfc. Bradley E. Manning’s Statement for the Providence Inquiry
Scary stuff. The video is below. Facts regarding the unauthorized storage and disclosure of the 12 July 2007 aerial weapons team or AW team video. During the mid-February 2010 time frame the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division targeting … Continue reading
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Après mai…. nice film by Oliver Assayas on Paris revolt… pretty, if uncompelling unless you are 21
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House of Cards the end
House of Cards preposterous… I stopped watching after this execrable storytelling. En route to his goal, we saw just how ruthless and ambitious he was, culminating in his murder of Peter (the one really shocking moment in the show, although … Continue reading
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Mali: à Gao, l’euphorie de la libération a disparu
Not over yet, perhaps by a long shot… northern Mali before was virtually ungovernable, hard to see how presence of French troops will change that. If Darfur was any lesson at all, it is that UN force can do very … Continue reading
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Sad economics trivia that makes you think….
Richard Lipsey (theory of second best) was married briefly, apparently, to Assia Wevill. Now, second-best that.
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