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AFRICA WEEK 2015: On Boniface Mwangi and Artivism
by Daad Sharfi This past week, the Yale African Student Association (YASA) held its annual Africa Week around the theme “Think. Contemporary Africa.” This event featured a week-long series of discussions, debates and workshops with both guest speakers and resident student groups to celebrate the vibrancy and ingenuity of–wait for it–the continent. Not a territory,…
A Call to Theater
by Olivia Kelvorn Over the past week people across campus have been alerted to the fact that women of color are in pain. They are hurt by a failure of the administration to represent them, to incorporate them into curriculum, to show them the same respect they show white students, and to acknowledge the effort,…
Beasts of No Nation: A Nation of Broken Child Soldiers
by Hawa Adula Cast: Idris Elba, Abraham Attah, Opeyemi Fagbohungbe, Richard Pepple Director: Cary Fukunaga It is easy to lose track of events that are happening outside our own little bubbles. There are so many horrific events happening around the world that we desensitize ourselves to in order to avoid becoming a jumble of emotions….
Living With the Fourth Hand Dildo
by Hawa Adula Jess X Chen and Will Giles, two Asian American spoken word poets, performed at the Calhoun Cabaret Monday night and gave all audience members a lesson in intersectionality. The poems covered a range of topics including colonialism, queer love, womanhood, and identity. Chen and Giles’s pieces on colonialism felt particularly riveting in…