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Ezra Ngcukana, R.I.P.

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Sean| 5 Comments

Image: John Edwin Mason Woke up this morning with the sad news in my email inbox–from music journalist Gwen Ansell–that Ezra Ngcukana (b. 1954), the great Cape Flats jazz musician and a member of the Ngcukana jazz dynasty, had passed … Continue reading →

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Cape Town Styling

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Brett| 3 Comments

This blog post introduces my man, Brett Davidson, as the latest core conspirator of Africa is a Country. I first met Brett, a journalist, radio producer and media educator, when we hired him to work as the head of Idasa’s … Continue reading →

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‘Enjoy Poverty’: Interview with Renzo Martens

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Sean| 2 Comments

A still from “Episode 3″ of Martens’ “Enjoy Poverty” Project. Joe Penney, Guest Blogger “It is now widely acknowledged that Africa, as an idea, a concept, has historically served, and continues to serve, as a polemical argument for the West’s … Continue reading →

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Congo: Take Another Look

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Sonja| 1 Comment

A while back, Alexis over at Exodus posted Richard Mosse’s photos of the Eastern Congo, some of which were recently featured in The New Yorker, so I hope she doesn’t mind if I jack her post. Like her, I find … Continue reading →

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Brussels is Africa

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Sean| Leave a comment

Our man in Brussels, Tom de Vriendt, sent on information on some Africa-themed exhibitions on this summer (till the end of August) in that city. It’s all part of “The Summer of Photography,” which the organizers describe as “… a … Continue reading →

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South African Funk

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Sean| 3 Comments

I recently reviewed the new 3-part Strutt Records compilation  Next Stop … Soweto for “The National” newspaper. They’re re-releases of rare 45s and other recordings from 1960s and 1970s South Africa.

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After the Bulldozers

Posted on May 29, 2010 by Sean| 1 Comment

Beautifully shot short film about the fate of 10,000 residents displaced after a thriving market in Ajelogo, a neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, was destroyed by local authorities. The film is told through the perspective of one of the residents. The … Continue reading →

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Photography: ‘New Men’

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Sean| Leave a comment

From new work by Cape Town-based photographer Araminta de Clarmont. A photo series on ikrwala (young Xhosa initiates) posing in new clothes–symbolizing their status as “new men”–after returning from initiation school. De Clarmont photographed the young men, who all still … Continue reading →

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Nigerian ram fighting

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Sean| Leave a comment

No this is not a comment on Nigerian politics. Instead, the BBC website has a great photo series of the competitors and trainers of the 13th All-Nigeria Ram Fighting Championship, including of a ram called Goodluck. Via Naijablog.

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‘The Rape of Africa’

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Sonja| 3 Comments

“One critic said that having Naomi Campbell sitting there looking beautiful wasn’t an honest representation of people in Africa. I asked him: ‘If it was a woman with a distended belly and open sores, would that be more profound for … Continue reading →

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