We like Dakar-based rapper Awadi around here. Now he’s teamed up with Tunisian artist Samy Dorbez to bring us “Dégage” (Leave), a warning to all those that refuse to relinquish power (many on this list) and a hat tip to those that are fighting for that to change. About these ads
Will the ‘Real Africa’ Please Stand Up?
March 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Karen Rothmyer writing in this month’s Columbia Journalism Review on why NGOs prefer bad news when it comes to Africa:
What’s Kenya Got To Do With It?
March 17, 2011 By 4 Comments
That was our second question. Our first was, “What is this?” The answer to the latter is Music for RAIN (Replenish Africa Initiative), a Coca Cola-backed project described as the “music community’s response to the problem of access to water in Africa.” By the music community, they mean Solange Knowles, Chris Taylor and Twin Shadow. […]
Tit for Tat
February 10, 2011 By 1 Comment
What happens when journalists attack? To find out, look no further than the pages of this month’s “Columbia Journalism Review.” The story begins with “One Man’s Rwanda,” Tristan McConnell’s feature on American journalist Philip Gourevitch, most famous for his best-selling book on the Rwandan genocide, “We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed […]
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Keep Africa Alive, cont.
December 1, 2010 By 6 Comments
Today is World AIDS Day, which means you can expect the gatekeepers of Team: Save Africa to be in exceptionally fine form. In years past, Bono and (RED) have reigned supreme but this year brings a new contender in the form of Alicia Keys and her charity, Keep A Child Alive (KCA). Founded in 2003 […]
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November 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
We love Ghanaian-American rapper Blitz the Ambassador around here and, frankly, you should too. He was in Washington, D.C. a few weeks ago, and, while the weather was dreadful, this was not a show I was planning to miss. For those not so lucky, here’s a mini-doc about that night. My favorite part? The (big) […]
I Believe You Can Fly, Africa
November 17, 2010 By 3 Comments
Guess who’s back, pinch-hitting for the Africans? R. Kelly! If you liked his contribution to the 2010 World Cup, “Sign of a Victory,” (and who didn’t!?), then you’ll likely enjoy “Hands Across the World,” the track he wrote and produced for new African “supergroup,” One8. And what a group it is: featuring JK (Zambia), 2Face […]
