Kenny Sokan was co-op student at PRI's The World for the winter 2016 semester.
Kenny Sokan was co-op student at PRI's The World for the winter 2016 semester.
"They're not all ultra-marathon runners. They're exceptionally strong and in great physical condition, but that doesn't mean they're physically ready to put on a 100-lb. pack and hike across extreme desert that they've never seen before in their life, facing unknown dangers."
After the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, which allowed the capture and return of slaves from states and territories in the US even where slavery was outlawed, Tubman began bringing slaves to Canada. On many occasions, Tubman brought runaway slaves to a church called Salem Chapel in St. Catharines, Ontario.
The band’s music incorporates rap, ska, soukous and Afro-Cuban tunes with their own traditional music. They sing in the Tonga language, which a majority of Zimbabweans don’t understand because they belong to the dominant Shoba ethnic group or Ndebele minority.
These three artists are working to get the continent's graffiti community more visibility.
“If you think about 'Fiddler on the Roof' for example, there’s no scene where Tevye and his family are sitting around eating pastrami sandwiches,” says Merwin. “This was like the caviar of eastern European Jewish life.”
Some of the city's archaeological gems suffered serious damage under ISIS's 10-month grip.
“Our goals are two things. Number one to get more information into North Korea. Number two, to raise awareness to the fact that there’s not going to be a military solution to the North Korean dictatorship, and there’s not going to be a systematic one. It’s going to be a people power one. It's going to be information and education."
America is full of suggestive and dirty-sounding place names, some of which were created before certain words had sexual connotations behind them. And some sound funny because of a difference in language.
Olumide Oresegun says his enchanting, life-like work has been shared hundreds of thousands of times on social media since he posted some photos of it, and he wants people to know there is realism in Africa.
“I do talk about the repression and the repressive culture and how, you know, when teenagers rebel, they do crazy things. And I talk about, in particular, women going over to join ISIS and why they’re going. And I say it has nothing to do with religion, and I say it has nothing to do with politics.”
Through colorful illustrations and humor, in a story that transcends oceans and borders, Tariq entertainingly comments on the grievances and struggles of young girls and women facing patriarhal suppression.