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/ 24 October 2003

In the hot seat

Ousmane Sembene, now in his late 70s, is modest enough not to take particularly kindly to being dubbed ”the father of the African cinema”. He says there are many other pioneers who, though lesser known, deserve to be recognised. But whether he likes it or not, he is the African filmmaker the West acknowledges above all others, writes Derek Malcom.

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/ 24 October 2003

How did I get here?

Here are some words used by DBC Pierre to describe himself, the day after winning the Man Booker Prize: freak, dickhead, arsehole, dumb, farting machine, awkward and bumbling. The 42-year-old Australian concludes: ”I should just fucking shut up.” He talks to Emma Brockes.

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/ 24 October 2003

Keeping the spirit alive

Sibongile Khumalo once described the late jazz pianist Moses Taiwa Molelekwa as a young man born old. By that the soprano supreme probably meant Molelekwa was ahead of his time. His death in 2001, at the age of 29, seems to have rendered Khumalo’s observations prophetic, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.