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Ethneezy – Hands of Time (2012)

Published on Dec 4, 2012 by orchardmusic
Music video by Ethneezy performing Hands of Time. (C) 2012 FOTO

Published on Aug 14, 2012 by KevinNgongo
Directed by Kevin Ngongo
Produced by Morfius

US university works to protect prairie

Published on Sep 15, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish

Since white settlers arrived in the American heartland of Nebraska in the 19th century, less than one per cent of the original tall grass prairie has survived an onslaught of plowing and grazing.

The prairie is home to some rare species endangered birds, flowers, and butterflies, that do not flourish anywhere else.

Nebraska’s Nine-Mile Prairie was preserved by the Cold War, its borders which were once nuclear weapon bunkers.

The prairie is now preserved by the University of Nebraska.

Al Jazeera’s John Hendren reports from Lincoln, Nebraska.

France: The forgotten people of Tonkin

A chapter of colonial history is slowly drawing to a close in Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot, where the last of the French citizens repatriated during the Indochina War still live.The first of the repatriated citizens originally from Vietnam arrived in the town of Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot in southwestern France in April 1956. Some were former parachutists; others were the widows of French officers, and their children. Today they are between 80 and 90 years old. For a long time, they lived in dilapidated barracks without indoor plumbing. Only in recent years has an effort been made to build new housing. But the residents of the makeshift repatriate camp never complained publically about their deplorable living conditions in France.

HBC 2010: We Were Made For This (Vancouver 2010 Olympics)

Manifest destiny, colonialism.

Hudson’s Bay Company commercial for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games

Canada seeks to reconcile dark aboriginal chapter

Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission will hold its first national event next month to examine what is now seen as one of the darkest chapters in the country’s history.

The government now admits to the cruelty behind its forced education scheme for aboriginal children, a programme it ran for more than 150 years, where the children were often taken from their families at an early age and many were both physically and sexually abused.

Al Jazeera’s Steve Chao has more. (May 22, 2010)

Scars of Lari – 1953 massacre in Kenya

On march 26th every year, one community in Kiambu County’s Lari constituency commemorates a little known massacre that played a huge role in the country independence struggle.

The Lari massacre of 1953 is the single largest massacre of the Mau Mau uprising in which hundreds of Mau Mau loyalists and colonial collaborators lost their lives. 58 years later, experiences from the massacre still divide some people in Lari.