“An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience.”
~ James Baldwin
The first African Film Festival Australia will be taking place in Sydney (5-8 April) and Melbourne (11-15 April) Director of the Festival, Samira Ibrahim, took time out from her busy schedule preparing for the Festival to share her perspective on multicultural life in Australia with MyLifeInOz. We hope you will not only read her story, but get to the venues… (more…)
With Harmony Day coming up on the 21st of March 2012 it is probably good to have a few resources to turn to in order to find out just what diversity in Australia looks like. And perhaps how to do our bit to make it as harmonious as possible. http://www.racismnoway.com.au provides a resource aimed at teaching schoolkids the art of living in… (more…)
Everytime I have watched any footage of the recent riots in London I have found myself feeling sick with horror and in tears. It takes me back to being accidently caught up in a riot in London 10 years ago. What was initially a peaceful demonstration in the blink of an eye became a mass of running shouting stone throwing chaos.… (more…)
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