Migration is mostly to escape insufferable situations and to find better ones. A group of Senegalese men survive selling on the streets and beaches. Being so far apart from relatives and partners adds to their difficulties.
Culture
Veganism goes abroad
Veganism began officially in 1944 when some of the outliers of the Vegetarian Society asked for space in the British Vegetarian Society’s newsletter for those who don’t eat dairy products. Sean Sheehan They were turned down. It must have been a hard life in the fifties and sixties […]
A festival of human rights stories
Freedom of choice, cultural expression and family trauma are the main topics of a festival that is now in its 26th edition and that this year, in London, takes place from 17 to 25 March. In it, the Seventh Art portrays individuals and communities that stand in solidarity to create […]
All human life is here
Bloodaxe Books has done more for appreciating poetry than any other publisher and it all started, back in 2002, with “Staying human: new poems for staying alive”. Sean Sheehan This anthology was hugely and deservedly popular and two years later “Being alive“ came out, followed in 2011 by […]
The cry of ancient and ancestral women
In an international series of cultural events that will take place over the month of March, homage will be paid to ancestral and indigenous women around the world. Twenty-four countries will participate in it, who have been convened by the Woman Scream International Poetry and Arts Festival 2022. This […]
.jpg)
