Africa - Blogs & Blog Posts

Irresistible Force, Immovable Object. by Mighty Fine Art on Nov 5, 2009I SOOOO enjoyed painting this one today. I had another reference picture from Wetcanvas this time by Jon N.Although a little blurry I couldn't resist the pose and so had a go in my 'impressionistic' style, normally reserved for my horse paintings.Usi...

Truth to (some) power by Jeune Street on Oct 27, 2009In general, I’m in favour of religious leaders speaking truth to power, but I wonder how we are supposed to take this statement from African bishops: “Many Catholics in high office have fallen woefully short in their performance in office,”...

Pride by Mighty Fine Art on Oct 26, 2009Well this took me the best part of 2 weeks to complete. Measuring 21 x 17.5 inches it's quite a large piece. Created using graphite pencils on Stonehenge paper. I'm thinking of entering this one into the David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year com...

Seven points of personal by Jeune Street on Oct 23, 2009I didn’t intend to stop blogging, but the past two months have been a period of upheaval and adjustment as Lita and I have begun to build a life in Ottawa, Canada. Moving in, furnishing an apartment, meeting old friends, making new ones, explor...

Foe by The Truth About Lies on Oct 19, 2009History is nothing but a certain kind of story that people agree to tell each other – J M Coetzee   Titles are odd things. How do you decide on a title that will encompass a complete novel? What is the purpose of that title? Is it sim...

Are we still saying that? Because we should stop by The Mongoose Chronicles on Oct 5, 2009While I was doing my post-grad work in Economics (capitalizing that word feels like such a joke), and even well before then, the academics in the know never tired of mentioning that We, as a collective of thinkers and activists, had ceased to use the...

Granville Sharpe by Black Presence on Sep 18, 2009Sharpe was Possibly the Most Prominent of the Abolitionists and today, is certainly the most celebrated.? Sharp wrote numerous articles about slavery, [...] Related posts:Black British Timeline Black British Timeline...