My students taught me that everything was personal - history, politics, foreign relations - but this approach creates boundaries as well as connections
Quote of the day
 NavigationOur writersPopular ArticlesRecent: |
 |
Sorious SamuraSorious Samura is a documentary film-maker. Among his films are: Cry Freetown, about the battle for Sierra Leone’s capital in 1999; Exodus, following the attempts of West African migrants to reach Europe; and Walking on Ashes, a journey through contemporary Uganda. Recent articlesMy America The Sierre Leonean filmmaker Sorious Samura wrote a letter to Jesse Jackson for openDemocracy’s My America: Letters to Americans series. This is its first publication. Re-presenting Africa: an interview with Sorious SamuraHow do you tell African stories that engage a world audience? The pioneering African news journalist Sorious Samura – a streetwise sophisticate – talks to Caspar Henderson and Caspar Melville of openDemocracy.net about war, famine, Africa and reality TV. My American dreamThis Sierra Leonean filmmaker was saved from prison and torture in Liberia by Americans. But when he worked in Sudan, Somalia and Afghanistan, American good intentions appeared in a different light. Can democracy’s ‘big daddy’ learn from its mistakes? |
|
|
