Author: Ewang Johnson

I’m lying in my bed, phone in hand. With a mere swipe of my fingers, I have access to nearly every component of the literary, film, and musical canons. Not to mention the livestream of a church service that is physically taking place two thousand miles away. I can move from War and Peace to Abbey Road to Bill Johnson’s Bethel Church to Doug Wilson’s Christ Church in a matter of minutes.The younger generation isn’t the sole sufferer of digital rot, though. Adults fall victim to mindless scrolling and frequently employ services that help them disengage from the physical world.This…

Sebastião Salgado, the Brazilian photojournalist renowned for capturing both the majesty of untouched landscapes and the horror of global crises, died Friday, aged 81. His powerful black-and-white imagery shaped visual journalism and graced major museums across the world, including in Paris, where he lived for much of his life. Source link

Set in the military dictatorship of 1970s Brazil, this buzzy crime drama, which has premiered in Cannes, “makes up in pulpy excitement what it lacks in subtlety”, and “bursts with sex, shoot-outs and sleazy hitmen”.One of the biggest sensations of this year’s awards season was I’m Still Here, an Oscar-nominated drama about the cruelty of the military dictatorship in 1970s Brazil. Now there’s another film with the same subject matter – and it, too, could make a splash when awards season rolls around again. That’s not to say that The Secret Agent is quite as sensitive as I’m Still Here,…

PETROCI CEO Fatoumata Sanogo is confirmed to speak at this year’s edition of African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies. As the head of Ivory Coast’s national oil company, Sanogo plays a central role in shaping the country’s hydrocarbons strategy and driving forward a new phase of investment and collaboration across the Ivorian energy landscape. Ivory Coast has rapidly emerged as one of West Africa’s most stable and forward-looking oil and gas markets. Under Sanogo’s leadership, PETROCI is not only consolidating its position as a key upstream player, but also actively advancing landmark projects and forging regional partnerships to…

Culture editor Eve Jackson brings us another special programme from the Cannes Film Festival. Today, we talk to actor Paul Mescal about his new film “The History of Sound”, the moving gay love story starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor, premiering at the festival. Paul, fresh off his Oscar nomination for “Aftersun” and his role in “Gladiator 2”, shares how he and Josh created undeniable on-screen chemistry in this intimate drama. Eve also speaks to the film’s director Oliver Hermanus about bringing this touching story of love and memory to life. Source link

Courtesy of the Cannes Film FestivalAfter years of imprisonment and travel bans in his native Iran, Jafar Panahi returns to Cannes with a furious but funny revenge thriller that takes aim at oppressive regimes and could scoop the Palme d’Or.The film opens with a long, unbroken, deceptively charming shot of a genial man (Ebrahim Azizi) and his happy, pregnant wife driving in the countryside one evening, with their playful daughter in the back seat. When the car breaks down, the husband persuades a mechanic to tinker with it, but then the mechanic’s rumpled colleague Vahid (Vahid Mobasseri) recognises a chilling…

By Dr. Nowiah Gorpudolo-Dennis Director of Family Health Division, Ministry of Health, Republic of Liberia We cannot talk about universal health coverage or reproductive justice without talking about young  people. Adolescents and youth make up the largest population group in many of our developing  countries—but they remain the least served when it comes to accessing family planning information,  and care. In too many settings, health systems are not designed with young people in mind. Providers  are not trained to support adolescents without judgment, and the voices of youth are still excluded from  the rooms where decisions are made.  Across Liberia,…

Arts24’s Eve Jackson brings you the latest from the Cannes Film Festival, starting with “The History of Sound” – a powerful period love story starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor.  Source link

Cannes Film FestivalIn this period drama, premiering at Cannes, two of Hollywood’s buzziest male actors play lovers making music together – but the film could do with far more passion and urgency.Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain was released 20 years ago, but there haven’t been many period dramas about same-sex romances since. In a way, then, The History of Sound must count as a daring project: an expensive Hollywood film in which two of cinema’s buzziest male actors are cast as gay lovers. Subject matter aside, though, it’s an oddly old-fashioned and conventional work. If you’d never heard of its stars,…

Merck Foundation(www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany marks “World Health Day” 2025in partnership with Africa’s First Ladies who are also the Ambassadors of Merck Foundation “More Than a Mother” Campaign,with a strong reaffirmation of its commitment to improving and revolutionizing healthcare access across Africa, Asia and beyond through their Scholarships and Capacity Building Program. Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation shared, “For over last 13 years, our efforts at Merck Foundation have been to ensure equitable access to healthcare through education, training and awareness initiatives that not only helps transform the patientcare landscape in Africa and…