The first collection of remixes from San Francisco-based DJ Chief Boima. Consists of Afro dance remixes of, among others pop hits by Birdman, Akon, The Jacka and Fabo & T-Pain.
Lagos Town
January 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The hilarious video for “Lagos Town” new single (out in March this year) by frequent MIA collaborator, Afrikan Boy (he’s originally from Lagos, Nigeria, and now resides in London)
A Decade of Kuduro in Angola
January 20, 2010 By 2 Comments
Kuduro literally translates as ’stiff bottom’ in Angolan-Portuguese.
‘… An AK-47 For Every Citizen’
January 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Brutul spoof on the international war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from The Onion. I like how the newsreader’s use of French add to the ‘authenticity” of the news report.
BTW, can you spot the 1980s African leader spliced in with the rest of the footage.
Via Texas in Africa.
Films I’d Like to See: “7915 km”
January 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Chimurenga at The Kitchen
January 20, 2010 By 6 Comments
Monday, February 22, 2010, featuring a conversation between Binyavanga Wainaina and Vijay Prashad, about what’s going on with Third Worldism in the 21st century between the African and Asian diasporas.
I’ll introduce them and leave them to talk.
There is no African Middle Class
January 20, 2010 By 3 Comments
Some would argue that middle class people do not exist in African countries while others would charge that you can’t really define them–that there’s the super rich and those whose livelihoods are precariously linked to the state, so there’s no real middle class in the conventional sense. But photographer Joan Bardeletti decided to start a project on this topic anyway. She’s set up a website, Classes Moyennes en Afrique, where to can see all the photographs taken in only two African countries: Cote d’Ivoire (picture above) and Kenya (below).
Fela Inspiration
January 20, 2010 By 1 Comment
This artist was inspired to create after seeing the Broadway musical.
‘The 31 Places to Go in 2010′
January 20, 2010 By 3 Comments
Recently The New York Times published a list of ‘The 31 Places to Go in 2010.’ Only one African destination made the list. Predictably South Africa. Specifically Cape Town and wildlife Safaris. They made it at number 22 in the “Waiting in the Wings” category. It’s tourism of course.
Apartheid Reparations
January 20, 2010 By 1 Comment
Democracy Now! in New York City reports last week on the historical case in a New York City court by black victims of white minority rule in South Africa (not everyone bought the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s line), against several international corporations accused of aiding the Apartheid regime. The victims’ lawyers are seeking up to $400 billion in compensation. The South African government and elite opinion are opposed to the case going ahead. The companies include Daimler AG, General Motors, Ford Motor Company and IBM. “They are accused in a class-action lawsuit of complicity in human rights abuses during the years they did business in apartheid South Africa.”
* Watch for an appearance by the late Dennis Brutus.
