Awotele, la revue ciné panadricaine

Magazine

Pantin, France

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Launched in 2015, AWOTELE is a PanAfrican Film Critic Magazine,  bilingual FR/EN, published by Sudu Connexion on the occasion of the three  major cinematographic events on the continent: Carthage (Tunisia),  Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) and Durban (South Africa).

Ayhan, Sinem H., and Thabit Jacob. “Competing Energy Visions in Kenya: The Political Economy of Coal.” In The Political Economy of Coal, 1st ed., 1:171–87. Routledge, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003044543-13.

In efforts to achieving universal electricity access, energy security and promoting industrialization, Kenyan ruling elites are eager to add to the country’s power generating capacity exponentially by 2037. Coal has recently emerged as part of Kenya’s energy and economic security. In this chapter, the authors analyze key drivers of the recent growing interests in coal power generation in Kenya as well as the tensions regarding the role of coal in the energy mix. The Kenyan case illustrates contested visions between ruling elites at the national level and local population at the subnational level. Concerns over environmental impacts, corruption loss of livelihoods, climate change, and future excess power have fueled anti-coal power campaigns and the stalled proposed Lamu coal-fired project represents a promising new frontier in civil-society-led anti-coal activism in East Africa. While the future of coal remains highly contentious, Kenya has rich renewable energy resources and is uniquely positioned in the unfolding transition to a decarbonized global energy system.

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Imane Ayissi

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Level of Influence: International

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Ada Azoamaka Azodo

Literary Scholar, Adjunct Professor Indiana University Northwest

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Aïda Muluneh

Artist, (Photography)

Location: Ethiopia

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B, Sar Maty. “Affective Power/Formal Knowledge: Diaspora, African Cinema and Film Festivals Outside Africa”. Film International (Göteborg, Sweden) 8, n^o 5 (2010): 54‑69.https://doi.org/10.1386/fiin.8.5.54.

“I contend that diaspora always already encompasses and transcends nation and that diasporic film festivals are, at best, both lived experiences and imagined communities. Furthermore, the complexities, engagements between diasporians, transnational formations and transcendence of (state) borders that Iordanova and Cheung explore are in fact core constitutive elements of diasporic film festival spaces. In this line of thinking, I adopt a two-pronged approach aimed at suggesting how diasporic film festivals could be perceived anew. First, I correlate two debates: ‘diaspora’ as theoretical construct and the current state of African cinema. Second, by scrutinizing the work of a high-profile Edinburgh-based African film festival (Africa in Motion (AiM)), I identify possible blind spots of an African film festival outside Africa as well as suggest possible ways forward for diasporic (African) film festivals.” [

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BBC. “Egypt President Abdul FattahAl-Sisi: Ruler with an Iron Grip.” BBC News, December 1, 2020. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-19256730.

The news article discusses Egypt President Abdul Fattahal-Sisi’s influence on Egypt and Africa as a whole. The article discusses his work on eradicating crimes against humanity, the economy, the jihadist military, and international support.

Bocar A. Ba

Assistant Professor of Economics, Duke University

Email: bocar.ba@duke.edu