The News Review:

- usmane Sembene: a memorial tribute.
- Body armor CE seeks release from jail
- Lawrie Sanchez pays the ultimate price for Fulham’s misfiring displays

usmane Sembene: a memorial tribute.
Free with registration – Research in African Literatures – AccessMyLibrary.com – Dec 22, 2007
When African filmmaker usmane Sembene died at 84 in Dakar Senegal on June 9 2007 the world duly took note. Sembene had lived a remarkable life that spanned most of the twentieth century and beyond and his ten feature films four short films five novels and five collections of short stories engage the challenges and contradictions that have energized and often fractured our times. Sembene was one of my heroes for his spirited and tough portrayals of conflicts about identity and belief that galvanized Africa in its long and painful struggle toward modernity. As his films suggest he was a man of remarkable vision one who had experienced and resisted colonial exploitation in many forms and who refused to be patronized. Growing up in a French West African colonial milieu in the earlier twentieth century was surely a visceral introduction to the vicissitudes of colonialism.

Body armor CE seeks release from jail
USA Today – Dec 22, 2007
Attorney John Martin characterized the expenditures as “quasi-religious. Brooks’ attorney Paul Shechtman would say only that “no money was sent to Senegal to hide assets. If an agreement can be finalized Brooks could be released within two weeks Martin said. Brooks 53 has pleaded not guilty to charges of insider trading fraud and tax evasion. No trial date has been set. Prosecutors say he garnered more than $185 million by falsely inflating the value of the inventory of DHB’s top product a vest designed to withstand rifle fire and shrapnel and then selling company stock after the doctored accounting boosted its price.

Lawrie Sanchez pays the ultimate price for Fulham’s misfiring displays
Times nline – Dec 22, 2007
Sanchez’s methods may have worked if BrianMcBride the club captain and main target man had not suffered a seriousknee injury while scoring in the 2-1 home defeat by Middlesbrough in Augustand if some of his signings had justified their transfer fees. Sanchez’s policy in the transfer market was to buy players who had experienceof playing in England but too many of his signings have yet to prove thatthey are Premier League players. Diomansy Kamara had a reputation as theCoca-Cola Championship’s Thierry Henry when he arrived at Fulham from WestBromwich Albion for £6 million in July but after three goals in 17appearances it would appear that the Senegal forward is distinctly lackingin “va va voom”. “Sanchez was a nice guy but his methods did not suit the players” anothersource at the club said. “The players would enjoy working under JohnCollins. He is intelligent he has a lot of self-belief and he played forArsène Wenger at Monaco.