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Danish cartoons, freedom of speech, bigotry and blasphemy

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

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The Kafila blog posts a different perspective from most I’ve read on the subject of the Danish cartoons about the Prophet Mohamed, drawing also on work by top South African cartoonist Zapiro, Mahmood Mamdani discusses cartoons which cause some groups offence and divides such work into ‘bigotry’ or ‘blasphemy’: “When the Danish cartoon debate broke out [...]

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Zapiro wins international cartooning award

Thursday, December 6, 2007

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Leading South African cartoonist (and thorn in the side of wayward politicians, which makes him a Good Guy in my book) Zapiro has won a major international cartoon award in a competition aimed at fighting “prejudices and cliches about the African continent”. The award, part sponsored by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, had an international judging [...]

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“We need wit so that we don’t take ourselves too seriously”

Thursday, November 15, 2007

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The above quote comes from former South African health minister (controversially axed by president Thabo Mbeki earlier in the year) Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, speaking at the launch (in the unlikely environs of a busy supermarket) of a new collection of cartoons by one of South Africa’s top political cartoonists Jonathan Shapiro, better known as Zapiro. Madlala-Routledge [...]

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