Guernica: April 1st, 2009
April 6th, 2009 | Categories: Guernica | 
Beaufort West. 2006. © Mikhael Subotzky
For the past year I’ve been lucky enough to be the art and photo editor for Guernica Magazine. We are a politically minded arts and literary magazine with a world focus and publish twice a month. As part of getting this blog going again, I’m going to give wrap-ups of each issue. You can see the site at guernicamag.com.
Here is a run down of what was in the April 1st issue:
In Beaufort West, situated along South Africa’s N1 highway, with an island prison in the middle of town, Mikhael Subotzky captures the vivid characters and poignant social landscapes.
Jenn Warren’s mutimedia slideshow One Million Nets takes viewers to Southern Sudan, where contributions from abroad are helping prevent thousands of malaria deaths.
Aiding is Abetting : African author & economist Dambisa Moyo on ending western aid to Africa, what Bono & Geldoff don’t get, and making African leaders accountable.
: In search of meaning in the Holy Land, Lis Harris finds one group who found a way to ford the rivers of blood & tear down the wall of their own minds.
Ruski Business must love dogs download : During the Cold War, the son of an American journalist, soon to be jailed, spends his Moscow nights drinking, smoking, & black-marketing with Russian metalheads.
La Poste Americaine: An American in Germany sifts through the cultural signposts, in pursuit of what it means to belong to a particular nation.
Panamanian author Justo Arroyo answers The Question: Why do we pay so much for our workaday lunch–and get so little in return?
Acclaimed Puerto Rican poet Rafael Acevedo explores one of our last remaining taboos–cannibalism–in two poems.
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