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5.0 out of 5 stars what a travesty...
Seeing some of these reviews confirms my notion about how the general public will praise crap like "The Da Vinci Code" or brain dead housewives will weep over the terrible "The Lovely Bones" or think pretentious, cliched narratives like "The Time Traveler's Wife" are worth exploring. This was the 1st CJ book I ever read, and from there I have read every one since. His...
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3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, but kinda silly
I selected this book partly because it's advertised as being very historically accurate. Sadly, it doesn't seem the case. In fact, it's so inaccurate as far as the thoughts, values and progression of events, that the only explanation I can come up with is that it's an attempt at "magic realism."
The story takes place in 1830, where a young black man, Rutherford...
Published on Dec 18 2003 by Thomas Breit
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5.0 out of 5 stars what a travesty...,
Seeing some of these reviews confirms my notion about how the general public will praise crap like "The Da Vinci Code" or brain dead housewives will weep over the terrible "The Lovely Bones" or think pretentious, cliched narratives like "The Time Traveler's Wife" are worth exploring. This was the 1st CJ book I ever read, and from there I have read every one since. His best book is Oxherding Tale, but this comes in as a close second. 1st of all, I must respond to the rather biased nagative reviews claiming "how would an ex-slave speak so intellegently about Kant, etc..." well, the point here is that the "I" being used in the book isn't necessarily Rutheford at that point in time, but perhaps years later, or even after his death. "The Lovely Bones" is an awful book that attempts having a narrator who is dull as s**t speak after she is murdered. The one reviewer commenting about how certain railroads didn't exist until after the Civil War is probably the closest hint yr gonna get to show that this story is being told after his death, or much, much later. It's been a while since I read this book, but the descriptions are poetic and rich, and it's just sad how yet again the cliche is confirmed: take a great book like Middle Passage, and the reviews will be middling good. But take yr average sappy, bathetic Oprah pick, and housewives will be rolling on the floor. If you like real literature, this is for you. But if what you want is crap, then you won't get it.
5.0 out of 5 stars Finding Humor in Tragedy,
Fitzgerald Fan (Troy, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
This book was mandatory for my African American Literature course and I am glad that it was. It is impossible for anyone to imagine today what it would have been like for Africans to be taken from the comfort of their homes to be slaves in America. The only thing we could compare it to is being abducted by aliens if you really think about it. They were overtaken by people who looked very different than they did and who spoke an unknown language. They were put into giant ships of the likes they had never seen and many times, they were branded and always chained below decks. Many thought they were being taken to a foreign land to be eaten and often times the slavers would put slaves in groups with different tribes so that they could not communicate or comfort eachother due to a language barrier. They knew nothing of the world around them as people do today. The concept is, in truth, almost impossible to imagine.
Johnson studied about Middle Passage for something like seventeen years before writing this book, not to mention another six years studying maritime science. To be sure, there are a lot of fantastical occurrences within the book but that is why it is called fiction. I believe he does a phenomenal job with the character of Rutherford Calhoun...he's a liar, gambler, womanizer, and thief but there is something about him that puts the reader on his side. You will find yourself rooting for him all the way through the book.
The novel itself is indeed very graphic in description and includes things such as cannibalism so, if you have a weak stomach, BEWARE. The best things about this novel are its extremely dark humor,its fast pace, and its irony. As an avid reader, there is nothing I appreciate more than someone who can take a horrific experience and make it simultaneously poignant and funny. Not only is this a way of putting a face on the early days of slavery but it is a highly entertaining piece of fiction. I would recommend it to anyone looking for adventure on the high seas!
3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, but kinda silly,
Thomas Breit (Shoreline, WA United States) - See all my reviews
I selected this book partly because it's advertised as being very historically accurate. Sadly, it doesn't seem the case. In fact, it's so inaccurate as far as the thoughts, values and progression of events, that the only explanation I can come up with is that it's an attempt at "magic realism."
The story takes place in 1830, where a young black man, Rutherford Calhoun, a freed slave turned petty thief, ends up hopping a ship in New Orleans and discovers he's on a slave ship. The whole story is told by this emancipated slave, written into the ship's log by him.
Rutherford is, of course, taught at home by his master before he's freed. But would even a well-taught rural boy think in terms of Kant and Hegel, neoplatonists and the Pseudodionysis? A modern graduate student, perhaps, might people his thoughts like this, but not an 1830's farmboy-turned-thief. A phrase like "post-Christian moonscape" (describing the Captain's cabin after it's been ransacked) sounds perfectly at home in a late-twentieth century fiction, but completely out of place here. He knows all about evolution, before Darwin published, and the "missing link" which is an idea that developed about a century later.
Towards the end of the book, he's out of sorts partly, he thinks, because he's passed through so many time zones. Time zones, however, didn't exist then, they were invented by the American railroads well after the Civil War. And even aside from that, would you notice the changing of time zones in a trip that takes months to cross the Atlantic ocean?
Rutherford is, of course, black. But his brother, also black, has freckles. And, after several months at sea, our hero has somehow grown a beard of old testament length.
The biggest problem, though, is a terribly anachronistic point of view regarding slavery. Rutherford is horrified by the idea of slavery, and the worst part of it all is that one of the powerful black men of New Orleans, is actually smuggling slaves. A black man would own another black man as a slave? Beyond inconceivable! Except, of course, that it happened regularly in the American south, and, in fact, black slaveowners were not known to be particularly gentle. The slaves were fed into the slave trade back in Africa by other blacks, who had no compunction about enslaving fellow Africans. In fact, the leader of the Africans in the Amistad (the real ship, not the Spielberg fantasy) eventually returned to Africa and became a well-to-do slave trader. To a modern eye, of course, the idea of a black man participating in slavery seems nightmarish, but in 1830 America, it was just the way things were.
Of course, the explanation on the back of the book is that he's gone mad, and perhaps all this bizarre inaccuracy and anachronism is an expression of that. Which, I suppose, is a convenient device, but not a very convincing one.
Oddly enough, all these anachronistic thoughts and values are expressed in what sounds, at least to me, fairly well-done period prose.
All that said, the story is fast moving, and entertaining, if you pass through the boilerplate philosophizing. It'd make a good HBO movie, I suppose. If you want a good historical novel, read "Cold Mountain" or anything by Margurite Yourcenaur. If you want magic realism, read Vargos Llosa or García Marquez.
Reading some of the other reviews, I see a suggestion that the whole book was a parody. While I don't think that's accurate, it does make some sense.
1.0 out of 5 stars THIS won the National Book Award?,
Kevin (Ann Arbor, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
I read this book in a class, and although the teacher who assigned it usually has good judgement, he made a serious mistake in this case. This book is lacking in just about every respect. Except for the protagonist, the characters are mostly boring and one-sided. The plot is contrived in the extreme and relies far too much on improbable coincidences. It is also much too predictable, with an overly pat ending which wrecked any suspension of disbelief I might have retained. Some of the events just don't make sense; for example, the protagonist opens a ship's log at one point and within a short time knows the entire life story of the captain in a high degree of detail. The only really interesting plot element is abandoned without any kind of resolution.
There are also numerous errors in this book. It is laden with glaring anachronisms (which may be intentional, but serve no useful literary purpose) and factual contradictions, and the author is apparently ignorant of the definitions of words like "octave" (a unit of pitch, not volume!) and "iamb" (a type of metrical foot of which "Falcon" is definitely not an example). The way the story is told makes little sense. At first, I thought it was a journal, but realized that it referred to future entries. Eventually it came out that the narrator was retroactively completing a ship's log, but things still don't make sense--even if someone doing that used date-based entries, he would not split one conversation between two entries that were three days apart solely for dramatic effect.
I'll give credit where credit is due--the writing style was sometimes entertaining and the descriptions of the god were interesting. Aside from that, this book is a waste of your time and money. I have no idea why the National Book Foundation would give it any particular notice.
As a side note, the aforementioned English teacher (who will not, I think, be assigning this book again--I am not alone in my opinion) believes that this book is a parody. If it had been presented as one, I might evaluate it differently, but the cover, the blurb, and even the editorial quotes, as well as some of the more serious themes, all indicate that it is intended as a serious work, and I think we should evaluate it that way,
1.0 out of 5 stars National Book Award?????,
Maurice Williams "mauricewms" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
It has taken me way too long to finish this novel and I've never been more thrilled to get to the end of a book! "Middle Passage" is the story of a wayward freed slave in 1830's New Orleans. Rutherford stows away, unknowingly, on a ship set for Africa in search of slaves and treasures. After purchasing a tribe of Africans and the God they worship, the ship sets sail for its return to America. The slaves orchestrate a mutiny and take control of the ship. The crew suffers severe injuries at the hands of the rebelling Africans. The ship suffers even worse damage from a storm. The captain kills himself, unable to face his American investors after losing control of his ship and its loot. There's much more killing, and maiming, and flesh eating, and vomiting and bleeding. Then, the weather battered ship sinks but Rutherford and the ship's cook are rescued by a passing boat. They return to New Orleans...
Rutherford tells the story via journal entries. The author stays true to the language of the period, an award winning feat for the writer but dreadfully laborious and dull for this reader. This is the second novel I've read by Charles Johnson and I've concluded that this author just doesn't do it for me. I found the novel required too much effort and didn't provide nearly enough payoff. Can't recommend this one.
4.0 out of 5 stars Holy baloney, people!,
"firenze_starfire" (Mercer Island) - See all my reviews
I found this book really intersting, i had to read it for a book report and my teacher happens to know charles johnson. I think that this book is well written, you can really get a feel for what Rutherford is going through, i mean, if that was my only chance and i were him, i would take it in half a heart beat. If you only pay attention to what the events are, and how accurate the dates are, then you miss the whole plot and the beautiful writing that Charles uses. I can understand using and shifting actual events slightly to fit the story, to make it better, as he did. Who cares if Charles Darwin hadn't thought up the 'missing link' yet? or if a slave has been educated? By a minister who feels guilty about owing slaves? or if dime novels hadn't been invented yet? or the hegelian theory or philosify or what not wasn't well known in the 1830s? that shouldn't stop you from enjoying a good book! i would definatly recomend this book, the parallels between this man's life and Odicious (Spelling?) from Homer's Odyssey. It made a surpising but excellent ending. now, i will stop raving to let you read this book!
5.0 out of 5 stars The Middle Passage as literature,
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Reading this text as a part of the African-American literary tradition rather than as an independent work may have given me a different perspective, but I found this to be an intensely felt and intricately structured look, not only at historic slave trafficking, but also at the current and more recent African-American experience. This text is not entirely historically accurate, but that appears to me to be a literary device rather than a failing on Johnson's part. And some of the things that other reviewers found objectionable have an interesting and complex history throughout the African-American literary tradition. An example of this is the inclusion of references to philosophers and classical Greek and Roman culture. Establishing credibilty as a writer, not in the way that white authors do, but in the sense of establishing that one is intelligent and even human enough to write, is something that black authors like Phyllis Wheatley, Frederick Douglass, and countless others went to great pains to do. Wheatley, for example, was interrogated at length by white scholars to establish that she could have authored her works and earn an authenticating letter. It is interesting to me that so many people feel that Johnson failed because he challenged some dearly held literary conventions (not rules). Since when has creative been a liability in fiction writing?
2.0 out of 5 stars The anachronisms drove me crazy!,
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I found a copy of this National Book Award novel at a used book sale and eagerly opened it. I was willing to suspend belief enough to accept the conceit that a slave owner would educate his servant prior to emancipating him. However, the first person narrative by the former slave read like a college professor's memoir. The vocabulary was suitable for an omniscient point of view, but not credible in a so-called journal penned by a roguish former slave. He comments on his circumstances with allusions to Hegelian philosophy (Hegel died in 1831, but his works were known only in Europe for decades after. The time of this novel is set in 1830.) The protagonist refers to the concepts of manifest destiny and the missing link, both of which were unknown in 1830. When he mentions dime novels (did not exist in the nineteenth century) I put the book down in exasperation. I am not a historian, but believe that a moderately educated reader would cringe at a work that is so poorly edited. I am disappointed at the National Book Award committee for this selection.
3.0 out of 5 stars Middle Passage Falls Short of Its Destination,
Set in 1830, Middle Passage is the story about an educated, freed slave named Rutherford Calhoun. Wishing to escape his debts and a marriage proposal, Calhoun boards the Republic, a ship bound for Africa to illegally pick up slaves. In his capacity, Calhoun is incapable of understanding or relating to the conditions and future life that the slaves, a group of magicians from the heart of Africa, will and do endure. The phrase "middle passage" refers not only to the journey the slaves take from their homeland in the bowels of the ship to America, but also Calhoun's transformation from a self-admitted thief, lier, and womanizer to a humble, broken man, willing to accept home and family as his future. Unfortunately, the transformation, while convincing, falls short with a clumsy attempt at romance in the final chapter of the text. Clocking in at a lean two hundred pages as a combination slave narrative and sea story and the winner of the National Book Award, most of the book was enjoyable, despite extremely graphic representations of bodily illnesses and decay from the long journey, until the end. There, I was left unsatisfied and disappointed.
4.0 out of 5 stars Historical Fiction? Magical Realism? A Little of Both.,
Ron Hayes (firstname.lastname@example.com) (Erie, PA) - See all my reviews
I read Middle Passage over the course of a weekend. This is significant for two reasons: 1)I was to meet Charles Johnson that following Monday and 2) I have a three-year-old and an infant who slowed my reading to a crawl and cut my opportunites to sit down with the book to a minimum. Had I not been so distracted, I would easily have digested Middle Passage in a matter of hours. It is an excellent read. Its protagonist, Rutherford Calhoun, comes off as a latter day Huck Finn, only this time black and educated. The wit and wisdom is very nearly the same.
Despite what other reviewers may have felt, and despite what one may construe as anachronisms within the book, I can attest that such is not the case. I had similar concerns about the novel's historical accuracy and when I finally did have an opportunity to speak with the author, I voiced those concerns. Mr. Johnson assured me of the veracity of virtually every aspect of every detail; he cited the genesis of the scene in which the dead slave is thrown overboard as an example. As an avid (dare I say slavish?) note-taker, Mr. Johnson had apparently done some research for a project having nothing to do with this novel. Indeed, the research notes to which he refers were taken in the early seventies! They came from a police detective friend of his and detailed the effect water had on the human body after death--unusable for the article for which he had originally been researching, but quite useful for the graphic turning point of Middle Passage.
Other evidence, anecdotal and otherwise, proved that Mr. Johnson did indeed have an extensive and authoritative command of American History, the History of the slave trade (made so believable and accurate by the inclusion of the Arabian slave trader in Africa, and by the rounding up of slaves from the African interior--two very historically accurate details),as well as of the ship and her voyage. Thus the exhaustive historical detail is quite effective in the telling of the tale.
One point in which the author and the novel falter lies in the books inability to follow through on its Magical Realist ambitions. Perhaps Mr. Johnson might have included in the dedication an apology to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, most notable and accomplished writer of magical realism. The African god of the Allmuseri is well developed and effectively presented. Its potential for malevolence is a quality keenly felt by this reader and should be noted as an accomplishment on the part of the author. However, the supernatural quality of the unnamed entity deteriorated too quickly into an ineffectual stasis nearly forgotten by author and reader alike; it is only brought back to life to function as a bridge between Rutherford's life at sea and Rutherford's life on land. The problem is that the maneuver is at once clever and contrived and therefore weakened. Mr. Johnson is a clever enough writer. He may simply have gotten too clever for his own good.
Middle Passage is an accomplishment that well represents the National Book Award. It is a well written and finely crafted book worhty of becoming literature. Its foray into the realm of the magical realists is entertaining if only somewhat distracting and should not be considered as a detriment as it does not "undo" anything the author "does". I highly recommend your purchase of Middle Passage.
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Artist: Damani Nkosi
Featuring: Musiq Soulchild | Robert Glasper Experiment
Song: Now That's Love
Album: Thoughtful King
They always say that Paris is the city of love. With that in mind, isn't it fitting that the visuals for Damani's new single, Now That's Love, were filmed in Paris, the most romantic... More
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Featuring: Emeli Sandé
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Last Tuesday, we saw Robert Glasper join forces with singer/songwriter Norah Jones on the exhilarating Let It Ride. Exactly one week later, the seasoned jazz pianist and producer is back with another... More
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Song: Let It Ride
Robert Glasper only recently introduced himself to The DJBooth, but dazzling singles Calls and I Stand Alone have already garnered the veteran jazz pianist and producer a sizable following on our... More
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Featuring: Common
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Fresh off making his solo DJBooth debut with the reader-approved Calls, Blue Note songwriter, producer and pianist Robert Glasper returns with another left-of-center cut off his forthcoming LP. The... More
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Featuring: Jill Scott
Song: Calls
When a musical act has the word "experiment" in its name, you can assume you're in for something out of the ordinary, and potentially in conflict with mainstream tastes. While Calls, the... More
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Artist: Terrace Martin
Featuring: Robert Glasper Experiment | James Fauntleroy
Song: No Wrong, No Right
Album: 3ChordFold
As Terrace Martin prepares to open a promising new chapter in his career with the release of his long-awaited studio debut, it seems the West Coast producer and emcee is headed for a bittersweet... More
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GenreBiography, Drama
Release DateTBA 2013
StudioPalm-Star Entertainment
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Lunar Park is Ellis' most autobiographical work, in which the author-narrator is a narcissistic, self-pitying drug fiend who gets a shot at redemption when movie star Jayne Dennis, an old flame, offers to marry him. The deal is that he must now connect with Robby, the son he has shunned for 11 years.
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SEMAFO's Net Income Increases 70% to $20.4 Million for the First Quarter 2011
Mana Underground Development Receives Green Light
Monday, May 30, 2011
SEMAFO's Net Income Increases 70% to $20.4 Million for the First Quarter 201116:50 EDT Monday, May 30, 2011MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - May 30, 2011) - SEMAFO (TSX:SMF) today announced its first quarter financial and operating results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2011. All amounts are in US dollars unless otherwise stated. First Quarter 2011 HighlightsIn the first quarter 2011, SEMAFO produced 60,000 ounces of gold and achieved gold sales of $79.4 million, compared to gold production of 65,800 ounces and sales of $63.6 million for the corresponding period in 2010. Highlights for the first quarter include:Gold production of 60,000 ounces, a 9% decrease year over year Gold sales of $79.4 million, an increase of 25% year over year Operating income of $25.4 million, an increase of 40% year over year Net income of $20.4 million an increase of 70% year over year Net income attributable to equity shareholders of the Corporation of $18.2 million or $0.07 per share compared to $11.8 million or $0.05 per share for the same period last year Quarterly cash flow from operating activities of $31.2 million or $0.11 per share, a 16% increase year over year Record throughput at Mana Discovery of the new Yaho gold zone in Burkina Faso Identification of new prospective targets at Mana Completion of the Wona Underground feasibility study, further confirming the economic viability of an underground mining operation at our Mana property in Burkina Faso A Word from the CEO With our organic growth strategy well underway, we begin 2011 with our first quarter results fundamentally in line with our expectations. We remained focused, having maintained our methodical approach in containing the significant industry-wide rise in energy and consumables costs. Following the completion of the plant expansion at Mana, we processed a record 584,800 tonnes of ore, a 34% improvement year over year, thereby increasing overall operating income by 40%. Cash margin increased by 26% to $746 per ounce sold compared to $593 in the first quarter 2010.Our production, combined with the rising price of gold, contributed to a 70% increase in net income for the first quarter compared to the same period in 2010. The 25% increase in gold sales is a direct result of the higher average realized price of gold, which surpassed the average London Gold Fix for a ninth consecutive quarter. We are green-lighting development of the underground project following the results of the Mana Underground feasibility study, indicating a 49% internal rate of return based on a $1,400 gold price. Additionally, the recent expansion of the Wona SW zone demonstrated opportunities to further increase underground reserves from those reported in the underground feasibility study. Phase IV of our Mana plant expansion is progressing well and on schedule for commissioning by year-end. This phase is aimed at increasing plant capacity to attain throughput of up to 7,200 tonnes per day in bedrock and up to 8,000 tonnes per day in blended ore.SEMAFO's geology team accelerated our exploration programs, which have already brought about great results. Our $30-million exploration campaign aimed at further defining and ultimately increasing mineral reserves and resources at Mana is under way with 12 drills active on the property. The discovery of the new Yaho gold zone, which demonstrates significant mineralization widths, will complement the Fofina–Fobiri discovery as part of our production growth analysis scheduled for year-end 2011. Consolidated Results and Mining OperationsThree-month period ended March 3120112010VariationOperating HighlightsGold ounces produced60,00065,800(9%)Gold ounces sold56,70057,200(1%)(In thousands of dollars, except amounts per ounce and per tonne)Revenues – Gold sales79,36763,57525%Mining operating costs (excluding Government royalties)33,57927,11524%Government royalties3,5002,53438%Operating income25,37018,07140%Income tax expense4,1165,106(19%)Net income20,39211,96370%Attributable to:Equity shareholders of the Corporation18,16911,79454%Non-controlling interest2,2231691,215%Cash flow from operating activities 131,22026,92516%Basic net income per share0.070.0540%Diluted net income per share0.070.0540%Operating cash flow per share 20.110.11-Average realized price (per ounce)1,4001,11126%Cash operating cost (per ounce produced) 357945527%Cash operating cost (per tonne processed) 334326%Total cash cost (per ounce sold) 465451826%Total cash margin (per ounce sold) 574659326%1Cash flow from operating activities excludes changes in non-cash working capital items.2Operating cash flow per share is a non-GAAP financial performance measure with no standard definition under IFRS. See the "Non-GAAP financial performance measures" section of the Corporation's MD&A. 3Cash operating cost is a non-GAAP financial performance measure with no standard definition under IFRS and is calculated using ounces produced and tonnes processed. See the "Non-GAAP financial performance measures" section of the Corporation's MD&A.4Total cash cost is a non-GAAP financial performance measure with no standard definition under IFRS and represents the mining operating costs and government royalties per ounce sold. 5Total cash margin is a non-GAAP financial performance measure with no standard definition under IFRS and is calculated using the average realized price and the total cash cost. Management remains confident that the Corporation will attain its 2011 production guidance of between 238,000 and 263,000 ounces of gold. In light of increasing fuel costs and the energy-dependent nature of our operations, we have revised our cash operating cost guidance to between $595 to $645 per ounce of gold produced. Assuming an average gold price of $1,450 per ounce, our total cash margin is estimated to increase to between $755 and $805 per ounce, compared to $723 in 2010.A number of assumptions were made in preparing the 2011 revised cash operating cost guidance in this press release, including:$1.16 per liter of crude oil Canadian/US dollar exchange rate at par US dollar/Euro exchange rate of $1.42 Social and political stability in Africa Continued stable production at the Corporation's three mines SEMAFO will host a conference call to discuss the results, as well as to provide an update on operations. (Please note amended dial-in telephone numbers from previously-published information.)Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2011Time: 10:00 AM (ET)Tel. local & overseas: 416 981-9000Tel. North America: 1 800 379-4140The conference call will feature Benoit La Salle, FCA, President and Chief Executive Officer and Benoit Desormeaux, CA, Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer, Martin Milette, CA, CPA, Chief Financial Officer, Michel Crevier, SEMAFO's Geology Manager and Qualified Person and Patrick Moryoussef, Mining Operations Manager.The conference call will be archived for replay until June 21, 2011. To access the archived conference call, please dial 1 800 558-5253 and enter pass code 21524020 followed by the number sign (#).A live audio webcast of the conference can be accessed through SEMAFO's website at www.semafo.com. The webcast will be available for replay for a period of 90 days.SEMAFO's Consolidated Financial Statements and Management's Discussion and Analysis and other relevant financial materials are available in the Investor Relations section of the Corporation's website at www.semafo.com. These and other corporate reports are also available on the website maintained by the Canadian Securities Administrators at www.sedar.com. About SEMAFO SEMAFO is a Canadian-based mining company with gold production and exploration activities in West Africa. The Company currently operates three gold mines: the Mana Mine in Burkina Faso, the Samira Hill Mine in Niger and the Kiniero Mine in Guinea. SEMAFO is committed to evolve in a conscientious manner to become a major player in its geographical area of interest. SEMAFO's strategic focus is to maximize shareholder value by effectively managing its existing assets as well as pursuing organic and strategic growth opportunities. Caution Concerning Forward-looking StatementsThis press release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions and accordingly, actual results and future events could differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. You are hence cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include words or expressions such as "prospective", "targets", "strategy", "rising", "development", "indicating", "increase", "progressing", "schedule", "aimed at", "attain", "further", "growth", "will", "remains confident", "guidance", "assumptions", "driven", "estimated", "committed", "evolve", "become", "pursuing" and other similar words or expressions. Factors that could cause future results or events to differ materially from current expectations expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements include the ability to meet a 49% internal rate of return on the Mana underground project, the ability of the Wona SW zone to further increase underground reserves from those reported in the Mana underground feasibility study, the ability of Phase IV of our Mana plant expansion to be completed on schedule and to attain throughput of up to 7,200 tonnes per day in bedrock and up to 8,000 tonnes per day in blended ore, the ability of our $30-million exploration program to further define and ultimately increase mineral reserves and resources at Mana, the ability to meet our 2011 production guidance of between 238,000 and 263,000 ounces of gold at a cash operating cost to between $595 to $645 per ounce of gold produced, the ability to meet a total cash margin of between $755 and $805 per ounce, the ability to execute on our strategic focus, fluctuation in the price of currencies, gold or operating costs, mining industry risks, uncertainty as to calculation of mineral reserves and resources, delays, political and social stability in Africa (including our ability to maintain or renew licenses and permits) and other risks described in SEMAFO's documents filed with Canadian securities regulatory authorities. 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