Police officials surrounded the mine and cut off suppliers to the illegal miners, hoping to force them out. Hundreds – possibly thousands – of miners remain trapped in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa’s northwestern Stilfontein town, fearful to come out of hiding and face arrest by security officials in a tense standoff that has continued for weeks. Earlier …
Seven years ago—when #OscarsSoWhite was a hot topic and Obama was still president—Slate published the Black Film Canon, a list of 50 of the best and most culturally significant films by Black directors. “Dash insisted on making a migration film that would rely on the vibrancy of images, the richness of Gullah cultural rituals and its African rooted ancestral signification, …
The state government has awarded $35,000 to the brother of a Victorian boy who has been missing for more than 47 years, to help complete the search for his remains. Key points: A coroner determined in 2001 that Terry Floyd was murdered The boy was last seen on the on the side of Pyrenees Highway in June 1975 His brother …
