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Africa in India
Tutu calls for end to child marriages in India's Bihar state
Nobel laureate and anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa has expressed concern over the high rate of child marriages in India's eastern state of Bihar and urged people, the civil society and the government to work to end the age-old practice.
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An Africa That Talks Back
Africa is being reimagined. One of the most striking things at the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan this year was the onrush of young writers from the continent, writers who want to drop the colonial hangover and tell stories of and explain their own local experiences. Young Ghanian writer Taiye Selasi set out some of the anticipations of this new identity and endeavour in her influential 2005 essay Bye-Bye, Babbar, where she coined the term ‘Afropolitans’ to refer to this cosmo poli - tan ised breed of young people. In their JLF sess ion, titled The Afropolitans, Selasi, Teju Cole and Ben Okri discussed their writing eff - orts to cut through the prevailing romanticism and see their home afresh. Selasi is from Ghana and Nigeria and has lived all over the world, Okri was born in Nigeria and now lives in the UK, while Cole was born in the US and raised in Nigeria. They spoke to TEHELKA about why this is both a very frightening and exhilarating time to be a young African writer — as Selasi says, one way or the other, they must talk back. |
Egypt brings new fusion culture package to India
The recent political turmoil in Egypt is scripting a new culture of fusion and hope, the country's envoy said at the opening of the Egyptian Cultural Week in India.
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South African team envisages interest in India's low-cost housing scheme
A South African delegation has evinced interest in a low-cost housing scheme being executed in Indian capital New Delhi, saying it could be replicated in its country.
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India, South Africa to collaborate on human settlements
India and South Africa have decided to actively collaborate and share their experiences in the field of human settlements and skill development of urban poor through mutual exchange programmes. |
Fatwa changed history of 'The Satanic Verses',: Nigerian writer Ben OkriBy Madhusree Chatterjee
The interpretation of Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses" has changed with the "fatwa", says Man Booker winning Nigerian writer and poet Ben Okri.
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'Homeless' Afropolitans strike roots in India's Jaipur cityBy Manish Chand
London meets Lagos meets Durban meets Dakar meets New York. And now Jaipur. "American accent, European affect, African ethos." A new breed of hybrid inklings called Afropolitans has descended in the north Indian city to chant and enchant the word-besotted at one of Asia's biggest literary jamborees.
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‘Got strange sensation of being home in India’
Had Salman Rushdie not found himself in the eye of a storm yet again, Nigerian author Ben Okri would not have been making so unobtrusive an entry to the Jaipur Literary Festival. The 53-yearold London-based writer, who won the Booker for literature in 1991, will nevertheless remain one of the more sought after figures at a festival that will feature more than 200 authors and speakers. Okri speaks to Archana Khare Ghose of the Times of India on Rushdie, India, and English writing in developing countries in a phone interview. |
Mumbai Marathon: Kenya's Moiben, Ethiopia's Abeyo win
Kenya's Laban Moiben Sunday won the men's 42 km Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2012 in a photo finish while Ethiopia's Netsanet Abeyo emerged on top in the women's category in India's financial capital Mumbai on January 15. |
India a sensory overload: South African crafts designerBy Madhusree Chatterjee
She looks in awe at the shimmering piles of shawls, embroidered with coloured thread and mirrors, from western India's Gujarat state.
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