Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. This week, I review Michelle Obama’s new podcast, IMO, which is surprising in the ways it breaks with the Michelle of the past. …
A TikTok video shows a young man fanning out a stack of $100 bills. A second flexes his designer clothes. Another man posts a video of himself dancing and wearing …
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‘As a film lover, I want more’: the Black female directors taking centre stage
Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. This week I spoke to Rógan Graham, a curator of the British Film Institute’s latest season, Black Debutantes: A Collection of Early Works …
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‘It’s back to drug rationing’: the end of HIV was in sight. Then came the cuts
This year the world should have been “talking about the virtual elimination of HIV” in the near future. “Within five years,” says Prof Sharon Lewin, a leading researcher in the …
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At least six people seriously injured on flight from Nigeria to Washington DC
Multiple people were injured on a United Airlines flight heading from Lagos, Nigeria, to Washington DC last week. In a statement released on Friday, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria …
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‘This is incredible’: a new generation of music lovers discovers the 70s sounds of the Lijadu Sisters
The sun is hot and traffic flows slowly as music enthusiasts make their way to Lagos’s Jazzhole, a shop that has morphed into a cultural hub over decades. The crowd, …
President-elect Donald Trump’s appointee to advise him on Middle East affairs, Massad Boulos, is reported to have significant discrepancies between his public profile and documented business background, casting doubt on …
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Catholic priest accused of sexual assault fathered children of victims, court hears
A Roman Catholic priest with links to Texas and Louisiana who is facing criminal charges for allegedly abusing his position of authority within the church to pursue sex with vulnerable …
Beirut, Lebanon A bomb dropped from an Israeli jet heading for a building in Ghobeiry, Beirut. In a social media post earlier in the day, the Israeli military warned residents …
