Archive - That Can't Happen

NO TIME LIKE NOW and other news

Today I’m presenting NO TIME LIKE NOW, a vignette I made with Justyn T Davis, Daniel Selby and Manu Menon last summer in NYC. NO TIME LIKE NOW is about…

Feb 6 •

August 2022

Boulevard Lagunaire and the birth of Ivorian urban culture: An interview with Kader Diaby

Text and photographs by Joe Penney, Creative Direction by Kader Diaby

Aug 10, 2022 •

May 2022

Responding to recent allegations made by Ladan Osman

May 13, 2022 I want to take a moment to respond to some of the allegations made against me by my former partner of four years, Ladan Osman, in a thread…

May 13, 2022 •

April 2022

"Sun of the Soil" is now on Netflix!

Hi, I hope you’re doing well. It’s been a while but I just want to let you know that after several years, our film “Sun of the Soil” is finally…

Apr 29, 2022 •

September 2021

A deep blue sky

How 9/11 changed me

Sep 8, 2021 •

March 2021

Without new TPS protections, Biden’s immigration bill will exclude Black immigrants

This story was originally published on Sahelien.com. By Joe Penney When 26-year-old Cameroonian asylum seeker Wilfred Tebah was reunited with his family…

Mar 1, 2021 •

February 2021

SUN OF THE SOIL now streaming

SUN OF THE SOIL: THE STORY OF MANSA MUSA is now streaming at the New York African Film Festival at Lincoln Center, from February 4 to February 14. Buy…

Feb 4, 2021 •

January 2021

Sahelien.com's regional coverage

Happy New Year! I hope you were able to get some measure of rest and peace during this winter break. I just wanted to share the news that the team at…

Jan 4, 2021 •

November 2020

Cameroonian asylum seekers scheduled for deportation on Tuesday “may be killed”

By William Bello

Nov 10, 2020

October 2020

The Ascendants is streaming now!

Hi, I just wanted to let you know that The Ascendants is now streaming on Topic.com! "The Ascendants" profiles four supremely talented artists from…

Oct 22, 2020 •

October updates

Dear readers, This month is a crucial one. Elections in the U.S. and Ivory Coast are right around the corner, and it feels like the course of the next…

Oct 7, 2020 •

September 2020

ICE tried to deport survivor of unwanted hysterectomy using expired, potentially illegal travel documents

ICE attempted to deport one of the women who had her fallopian tubes removed against her consent using expired, potentially illegal documents from an…

Sep 18, 2020 •

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