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Sherbro Island City’s vision of an elite urban development brings to mind some of the colonial thinking around the construction of Freetown’s Hill Station enclave a century ago.
Why can’t fiction’s most famous secret agent be played by Idris Elba? Just use your imagination.
The film Bastille Day – featuring a CIA agent trying to avert a terror attack in Paris – has been withdrawn from French cinemas after the tragedy in Nice. But what are we to make of Hollywood’s fondness for these kinds of stories?
Welcome to Disney’s latest adaptation, where the only thing that’s real is Mowgli.
Racism is a charge that could be leveled at cinema from its very inception. There are some positive signs of change, but audiences have a role to play in making sure African films flourish.
Anthony Horowitz’s comments about the actor recall many euphemisms used to put Black people down.
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