Sean Jacobs
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Location | Brooklyn (NY) |
| Introduction | Comments on media coverage of Africa in the West, especially its mainstream media, from my base in New York City. I take my lead -- very ambitiously -- from Leo Africanus whose 16th century writings shaped Western ideas about Africa for centuries. As the New Yorker described Leo Africanus a short while ago: 'In 1518, al-Hasan al-Wazzan, a diplomat of the Sultan of Fez, was kidnapped in the Mediterranean by pirates, who brought him to Pope Leo X. ... Leo Africanus, as he became known, remained in Rome for the next nine years ... and compiled his Description of Africa, a collection of learning, hearsay, and personal anecdote that shaped European ideas about Africa for centuries.' All comments to chimurenga [at] gmail [dot] com. |
| Favorite Movies | The Year of the Pig, Last Life in the Universe, Mondovino, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Hearts and Minds, 3-Iron, The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On |
| Favorite Music | Abdullah Ibrahim, The Roots |