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Racism for sale

African kids recording Chinese video messages: cute gimmick or racist exploitation?

大象传媒 reporter Runako Celina tells us about her long search for the origins of a shocking video circulating on Chinese social media in 2020. It showed a group of African children being instructed to chant racist phrases in Chinese. The answers Runako found are in her 大象传媒 Africa Eye documentary Racism for Sale.

For the love of mangoes!
We unleash the Fifth Floor mic in the 大象传媒 Delhi bureau where colleagues from the Indian language services share their love of mangoes, especially their local varieties. Thanks to Siddhanath Ganu of 大象传媒 Marathi, Sarika Singh of 大象传媒 Hindi, Khushboo Sandhu of 大象传媒 Punjabi, Brijal Shah of 大象传媒 Gujarati, Venkat Prasad G of 大象传媒 Telugu and Saranya Nagarajan of 大象传媒 Tamil.

New words and a culture shift in Ukraine
'Putler', 'Ruscists' and 'Anglo-Saxons': what words can tell us about the cultural shift in Ukraine since the invasion, and why some are 'changing their shoes mid-air', with Vitaliy Shevchenko from 大象传媒 Monitoring.

Bangladesh container depot blast
The devastating explosion at the Sitakunda container depot near Chittagong killed more than 40 people and injured hundreds. 大象传媒 Bangla journalist Shahnewaj Rocky is from Chittagong and spoke with firefighters and some of those who rushed to help the victims.

Ventriloquist queen
American ventriloquist Angelique-Monet became a queen in Nigeria after falling in love with a Nigerian king and marrying him. She lives in Eti-Oni in southern Nigeria where she and her puppet, Milk the Cow, entertain local children with their skills. 大象传媒 Africa's Youth News reporter Damilola Oduolowu caught her show.

(Photo: A Chinese greeting from African children. Credit: 大象传媒)

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