Friday, June 14th, 2013
Abderrahmane Sissako is a Mauritanian-born, Mali-raised filmmaker whose completed cinematic training at Moscow’s Federal State Film Institute during the 1980s. The program concluded with his first film, the 23-minute short Le Jeu , which he shot in Turkmenistan to double for Mauritania. His next film was the 37-minute October, shot around Moscow and following the
Thursday, June 13th, 2013
On Monday May 27th, the Political Bureau (BP) of the ruling MPLA condemned the political appropriation of “o 27 de Maio” (the 27th of May) by people who had no direct involvement in the events or their...
Saturday, May 18th, 2013
Gata Misteriosa and Lee Bass (the Mozambican-Portuguese-Ghanaian-German duo who go by the name of Gato Preto) dropped this new video for “Pirao” last night: no longer strictly kuduro, not yet sure what to call it, but right...
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Image by Philippe Sibelly “Africa Rising” stories have become old news in English-speaking media, so much so that Africa is a Country called them a meme not long ago. But only a few have run in French...
Friday, April 26th, 2013
South African kwaito group Mafikizolo underscored their comeback this week with the release of the video for “Khona” off their new album, Reunited. The video which also features vocals from Uhuru and Mapiano, takes the group back...
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
The Supreme Price is ambitious both in its scope and its intentions: “Following the annulment of her father’s — Moshood Abiola — victory in Nigeria’s 1993 Presidential Election and her mother’s – Alhaja Kudirat Abiola — assassination by...
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