links for 2009-06-12
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Powerful article about a photo series, focusing on the children of rape in Rwanda. The mothers photographed had been raped by Hutu militamen during the genocide, and the photographer interviewed them away from their children, then photographed the two together. A powerful reminder of consequences of war that continue a generation after a conflict ends
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"Tajik Jimmy", actually an ethnic Uzbek named Baimurat Allaberiyev, is Russia's newest YouTube sensation – he's an amazingly faithful reproducer of Bollywood hits, singing the male and female parts and accompanying himself tapping on a bucket. Interesting piece about the internet, mobile phone video, fame and race in contemporary Russia
June 13th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
[...] tried to leave this comment on Ethan Zuckerman’s blog. But apparently the captcha thinks I’m not human, so posting it here with a few edits. [...]