Anna Gueye
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I am a free-lance translator. I translate and/or review blogs for Global Voices en Français. I am a 3rd culture person who lives in the Hague (I have lived in 12 cities and 8 countries. ): o my child was born in the U.S. to a French father with Italian-Sicilian origins and a mother (me) born in Britanny to a Senegalese father and a 1/2 Senegalese mother (that cover 5 countries. As a teen-ager I grew-up in Ethiopia) o my mom was born in Guinea, my grand-father was from Guinea-Bissau. All this means that I am extremely curious.
Latest posts by Anna Gueye
17 July 2010
France
In Billet politique ! (”A Political post !” in French), blogger JeandelaXR presents a list of his favorite political bloggers [Fr].
6 July 2010
Arts & Culture
« Rock Sans Papiers » a concert in support of illegal immigrants in France will be held in Paris (Bercy) on September 18, 2010 [Fr]. Many household names in the French music scene such as Jacques Higelin and Abd Al Malick have committed to participating.
Cote d'Ivoire
French-Canadian reporter Guy-André Kieffer went missing in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire on April 16, 2004. Blogger Ménilmuche who knew him personally has written a complete dossier on the matter and provides updates on the story [Fr]. Updated informations on Kieffer are hard to find in the French mainstream media .
12 June 2010
France
Blogger Ménilmuche points to a blog that documents a strike by illegal immigrants at the Bastille in Paris with lots of pictures [fr].
11 June 2010
Senegal
A You Tube video in Wolof criticizing president Wade's regime has become an internet sensation in Senegal. «Tassou Abdoulaye Wade» [fr] by a young street vendor who also claims to be a griot.
7 June 2010
Arts & Culture
As sickle cell anemia came in the spotlight with the withdrawal of French soccer player Lassana Diarra from World Cup because of the disease, the APIPD (Association for Information & Prevention of Sickle Cell Anemia) announces the venue of a large concert to raise sickle cell anemia awareness, DREPACTION 2010, in Paris on June 13th (fr).
Arts & Culture
Blogger Menilmuche announces The Migrant Workers' Hostels Film Festival in Paris, from June 5th to June 26th [fr].
22 May 2010
U.S.A.
American journalist Doug Henwood argues that the political right does better than the left in elections during recession periods in his blog Left Business Observer.
11 May 2010
D.R. of Congo
Tintin in the Congo, the second of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé and featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero, faces ban over racism. On his blog Alain Mabanckou thinks that «Tintin must remain as a proof of the colonial spirit of the 30s» [fr].
30 April 2010
Gay Rights (LGBT)
On April 27th, two transgender actresses and three other crew members of the movie “Mourir comme un homme” (”Die like a man”) (fr) were assaulted in Paris 20th District (Belleville), The Paris LGBT Center website reports (fr).
==> As Africans we need to let go of our victimhood, inferiority complex & acceptance...