Jeffrey Overstreet
  • Home
  • About
  • Journal
  • Overstweets
  • On Movies
  • On Music
  • Overstreet’s Books
  • Interviews
  • The Book of Wisdom
Sign in Subscribe

Africa

A collection of 4 posts
On Movies & Media

Bortz on Africa

Jason Bortz, whose short documentary on aid to Africa called Scratching the Surface was recently in the spotlight at Christianity Today, has written a piece for The Other Journal about his experience. Check it out here. Going was surprisingly far less difficult than I thought it would be. In fact,
09 Nov 2005 1 min read
On Books & Writing

Brooks on Africa

David Brooks finds his perspective on the African crisis changing. "I came here expecting despair, but now realize that we should be redoubling our efforts out of a sense of opportunity." Personally, I've been thrilled by the headlines this week about new aid for Africa. This
09 Jun 2005
Transcript: Bono talks to Bill O'Reilly
On Songs & Albums

Transcript: Bono talks to Bill O'Reilly

Bono didn't waste words during his talk with Bill O'Reilly, making another impressive appeal for the U.S. to lead the way in addressing Africa's emergency. But notice how Bill O’Reilly tries to change the subject whenever Bono starts criticizing the U.S.
02 Sep 2004
Bono: Make Africa a priority
Politics

Bono: Make Africa a priority

☠️2025 Update: This post is past its expiration date. The primary link to The Boston Globe no longer works. (If you find a solution to the broken link, let me know.) I’ve added a link to U2.com that leads to an excerpt from the original editorial in question,
02 Aug 2004 1 min read
Page 1 of 1
Jeffrey Overstreet © 2026
  • Sign up
  • Favorite Recordings, Year by Year
Powered by Ghost