The Rio-loco festival, 5 days of South African music, exhibitions, lectures and films
in Toulouse in June 2010. Kick off evening on 26 November, read all about it :
rio-loco kick-off evening .pdf-
Echoes from the past : Springbok radio archives
(09/03/2010
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Edito : Love it but left it has just clocked up more than 600 visits. The idea is catching on slowly and I do hope that in time more of you will send in your contributions. By the way the earliest ... -
France 2: A series of 4 TV documentaries on South Africa
(08/03/2010
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Edito : Our national télémag, Telerama, has announced a series of 4 hitherto un-broadcast documentaries on South Africa, starting tonight, Monday 8th March at 22h05 for the programme 'Un oeil sur ... -
Next stop Soweto
(17/02/2010
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Edito : Wow, after an exhausting day at the office and a drizzly ride home on my motorbike, what a great surprise to receive this tip. Thanks to Marion Mésenge, from Normandy, so where have all ... -
A new South African in Toulouse - but no address
(16/02/2010
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Edito : Got a friendly letter through the contact feature of the blog, but without any address or telephone number. This is a bit like placing a wanted ad in your own newspaper, but I don't know ... -
A sign of deep change
(11/02/2010
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Edito : French media and probably world media have zoomed in on the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's release from prison. Thanks to Marion for pointing me to this site which has a lot of ... -
Washing of the water - Peter Gabriel
(31/01/2010
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Edito : I'll let you judge whether this has anything to do with South Africa, the Rio Loco Festival or bringing South Africans together. While editing a particularly demanding text on water ... -
South African music on France Inter
(24/01/2010
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Edito : France Inter has devoted a half-hour programme to South African music this Sunday evening. You can catch up on it at their website : France Inter -
Book review: Olivier de Kersauson and the last Boer Commando
(17/01/2010
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Now what, you may wonder, does Olivier de Kersauson, a famous contemporary French yachtsman, have to do with the last Boer Commando? Well, here's the story. For Christmas I was given a book (with ... -
A great new talent for a great new year
(02/01/2010
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Hip to the Jive - heppy chrestmas
(23/12/2009
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Edito : Somehow or another Google picked up 'South African music' from 'Love it but Left it' and led me wandering by the hand to this incredibly rich storehouse of the past. Diamond funnels up ... -
Picture by GisèleWulfsohn: Frances Baard
(13/12/2009
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Edito : South Africa's changes were brought about by dedicated people and a long struggle. Gisèle Wulfsohn's picture of Frances Baard gives us the opportunity to learn more about her and pay ... -
ZA NEWS
(09/12/2009
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Edito: Thanks to Marion Mesenge for sending this link to ZA news, SA's equivalent of the French 'Guignols'. I especially like the one with Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela. ZA NEWS -
Love it and went there profile: Mark Turpin
(02/12/2009
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Edito : Having used up all my chips way back in the seventies and decided the only way was out, I'm nevertheless fascinated by people who managed to dig in and make a constructive contribution to ... -
Inaugural evening for Rio Loco and concert with the Sam Tshabalala trio
(27/11/2009
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Edito: Invited by the organisers of Rio Loco we arrived at the Connexion Café in the centre of Toulouse where we checked in and were each given a Zulu love letter to pin on our clothes. The ... -
Picture by Gisèle Wulfsohn: George Bizos
(22/11/2009
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Edito : Particularly under the apartheid years, after the Nationalist government had introduced its oppressive laws, the Suppression of Communism Act, the 90 day (solitary confinement) and then ... -
We missed the anthem at the beginning, but it was a great match
(15/11/2009
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Edito : I was supposed to meet my son about a half a mile from the Toulouse Stadium but arrived late after being caught in a traffic jam. Everyone else had the same idea I did, park the car in a ... -
SA Rocks - a local SA Blog
(15/11/2009
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Edito : Thanks to Philip Scheiner, who grew up in Cape Town and now lives in Paris with his wife Sophie and two children Romain and Camille for pointing me to this blog, full of interesting ... -
Picture by Gisèle Wulfsohn of Hilda Bernstein
(11/11/2009
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Edito : Gisèle Wulfsohn is a well known South African photographer who lives in Greenside, Johannesburg with her husband and twin sons. She grew up in Rustenburg. Our family used to visit hers ... -
Rio Loco kick-off evening
(07/11/2009
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Edito : This blog was created to accompany the build-up to next year's Rio Loco festival in Toulouse as a way of bringing South Africans in Toulouse, in France and around the world together around ...
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- Next stop Soweto
- A new South African in Toulouse - but no address
- A sign of deep change
- Washing of the water - Peter Gabriel
- South African music on France Inter
- Book review: Olivier de Kersauson and the last Boer Commando
- A great new talent for a great new year
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