DA LI JE U.N. EFIKASNIJI NA OBALI SLONOVAČE NEGO N.A.T.O. U LIBIJI?

Piše: Erol Avdović

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Bivši predsjednik Laurent Gbagbo se predao UN-u
u Abidjanu: (Photo UN 2011)

S očima svijeta uperenim na Libiju zbog nevidjeno brze vojne intervencije,  i uz izostanak istog angažmana, zbog ne manje surovih obračuna sa civilima u Bahreinu i Jemenu, Ujedinjeni narodi našli su se pred vratima nove humanitarne katastrofe, ovaj put na Obali slonovače.

Ovu bivšu francusku koloniju (zvanični joj naziv – Côte d’Ivoire), službeni Pariz još drži u zoni svog primarnog interesa, što je pokazala ii nedavna samostalna intervencija francuskih komandosa na aerodromu u Abijanu. Duže nego u Libiji – Obala slonovače je poprište ogorčenog političkog obračuna, u kojem, zbog odbijanja tamošnjeg vlastoršca Lorenta Gbadja  (Laurent Gbagbo), da poslije deset godina napusti vlast – sve do sada, neprestano ginu civili. Prošlog 4. decembra Gbadjo je izgubio na demokratskim izborima od bivšeg premjera Alasana Kutare (Alassane Ouattara).

THE BEATLES OF BROKEN YUGOSLAVIA

By Hajat Avdovic

Film director Igor Stoimenov
(Photo Webpublicapress 2011)

The New York film screening of Bijelo Dugme documentary was held at Columbia University, with some 100 or so guests in attendance, mostly of Balkan origin. The film will also be played at the Bosnian Film Festival this May at Tribeca cinemas.

The movie focuses on Bijelo Dugme, the first modern Rock and Roll band of the Balkans and their influence and relationship to Yugoslavia. Bijelo Dugme is Yugoslavia. The film analyzes the final decade or so of Yugoslavia through the rising rock n roll culture which started with Goran Bregovic and Bijelo Dugme. 

Igor Stoimenov himself said, “I am not a fan of Bijelo Dugme, but I needed to tell my story of Yugoslavia through Bijelo Dugme.” Therefore, the movie transitioned from being one focusing on the actual rock and roll aspects of Dugmemania that characterized their time to a movie focusing more on what Bijelo Dugme represented, which was, multi-cultural connectedness, creative