May 2008
21 posts
Song for Sudan - poem/song edited from newspaper...
“The government humiliates-to
Wipe-OUT
black-slave-girl
5 to 6 men...”
Singing sorrow
Articles and reports sourced from the Internet are edited and remixed to voice the genocide and the ‘rape crisis’ in Sudan. I mix a traditional approach to singing death and trauma called ‘keening’, with poetry, drawing and video. The project includes this blog to list source information, present work and discuss my difficulties when considering how to make this work in an appropriate way. The...
Amplifying voice for Sudan
Since I cannot go to Sudan, I decided to concentrate on the voice and the writing of someone who has been to Sudan many times, Nicholas D. Kristoff who writes for the New York Times. I used his articles in my first work for the videos, now I have to work on amplifying the voice and the understanding of Kristoff who has first hand experience of Darfur and Sudan.
Nicholas Kristof: Stories of Darfur's Survivors →
Why care for Darfur - Nicholas Kristof →
NYTimes.com - There will be blood →
Sound & Dance from Sudan
In the midst of the videos of murder and rape, here are some youtube videos of sound and dance from Sudan.
People of South Sudan →
Kowto cultural centre →
Bari dance- Celebration of a new priest →
South Sudanese Traditional Songs/Dances →
Dinka Bor Dances →
Dinka Cattle - Dinka Diamonds →
Sudan - Pibor 2007 - Generation Dance →
Nuba Harvest Celebration →
The Dinka of Sudan →
Southern Sudanese Singing →
March 2008
6 posts
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article14627 →
A Sisters sacrafice, New York Times →
A policy of Rape - NY Times →
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7262570.stm →
http://www.amnestyusa.org/By_Country/Sudan/page.do?... →
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