Author: ilagardien
Waiting Anxiously for Book Launch
Well, the final proofs have been done, the pictures (for the picture section) have been submitted, and the book is in the design stage. The expected date of the launch is late March. In the meantime, the publisher and marketing people have suggested that I go back onto social media. So, one month after de-activating…
2022 & Cutting Down on Social Media
A few years ago I quit Facebook, and by the end of this year I will be off Twitter. Two main reasons for leaving twitter is that it is becoming a rather toxic platform. I will miss the deeply insightful posts and discussions by friends I hold dear, but I can always go to their…
When, or if borders open in 2022. Until then…
The first half of next year (2022) will be dedicated to the publication, marketing and publicity that will inevitably be part of the release of my memoir. The publishers have made the final decision on the title, and they will probably present it to me after the design and final proof process in early January….
Classic Inn Kuala Lumpur is Closed for Good
I’m kinda sad that my favourite hotel in KL is closed “permanently”. I will miss staying at Classic Inn (52, Lorong 1/77a, Imbi, 55100 Kuala Lumpur). I will especially miss Baboo who went out of his way to help me in so many ways. Sometimes I had to ask him (beg him) to stop carrying…
Picture Gallery: Along the river in Malaka
Review: “Face of the Enemy” The American War as explained by the Vietnamese
I highly recommend this documentary, “Face of the Enemy” to anyone who has watched (ad nauseum) Hollywood productions about the “Vietnam War”. The following passages were taken from YouTube: Over four million Vietnamese died in what one side calls the American War and the other side calls the Vietnam War. A war so brutal, that…
Film Review: ROH
It has been almost 30 years since I last wrote a film review. Although I spend most of every day at my keyboard, my columns – mainly on global political economy, and on South African state and society – and the book I am working on, takes up most of my time. Then there is…
The Cruelty of Deliberate Forgetting
I am posting this edited version of a talk I gave, three years after it was published in the Mail & Guardian. It was not a paid assignment. I am placing it here as a type of community service/outreach/ The 1980s — represented in the exhibition Between States of Emergency: Photographers in Action 1985-1990 — were a…
Anton Lubowski Memorial Lecture
I was a panelist on the 2020 Anton Lebowski Memorial Lecture hosted by Stellenbosch University on 12 September. This year’s theme was on Social Justice. Below is the video. Please leave comments if you wish. This link will take you to the YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0ieJ7TbW8I