Comments for Africa is a Country

Comment on The ‘football riot’ in Egypt by Elliot

Elliot — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:53:47 +0000

Thanks for this Sophia, great piece.

Comment on First black woman wins Best Director at Sundance by Raquel Wilson-Sow

Raquel Wilson-Sow — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:46:49 +0000

Reading this post and the comments, I am somewhat baffled. Is this not a film made by an American – a Westerner?

Comment on Senegalese Sushi by mrmarymuthafuckingpoppins

mrmarymuthafuckingpoppins — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:22:45 +0000

nice man I had no fucking idea about him thanks for sharing, any other places you’d recommend with interesting history ?

Comment on Die Antwoord butchering old beats by Sean Jacobs

Sean Jacobs — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:11:09 +0000

@RK: Indeed. I realized afterwards, I should have added in my comment: Why are those lyrics there?

Comment on The whole ‘Afrobeats’ thing by Tom Devriendt

Tom Devriendt — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:45:40 +0000

Thanks, Iain. That’s the interview in which Edu says he wanted to “package African music to the West who loves a story,” which we quoted in the first paragraph.

Comment on Die Antwoord butchering old beats by RK

RK — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:52:19 +0000

“I’m a white boss and you’re a nigger, cause you lie about in jail with your dick in another man” – racism and homophobia, spat out with some venom. I suppose the lyricist should be applauded for digging deep and revealing his demons. But whose demons? Waddy or Ninja’s?

Comment on Biko’s Son by lilysaint

lilysaint — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:50:08 +0000

Thanks a lot for the clarification Melissa and Sean. I see the connection between Ndebele’s seminal essay and Boym’s ideas & really like the idea of a nostalgia that refuses to idealize history. Anti-apartheid figures understandably inspire hagiographies, but Biko’s son reminds us of the peril of such over-simplifications. Zoë Wicomb’s “David Story” does a great job of this too.

Comment on Zambia’s Turn by Neelika Jayawardane

Neelika Jayawardane — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:16:47 +0000

and at @Andrew W. No way! I assumed “the robots” were distributed throughout the Empire. On visits to England as an adult, I probably never had occasion to use the word, thank god

Comment on Zambia’s Turn by Neelika Jayawardane

Neelika Jayawardane — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:13:21 +0000

@ebele, you educate me about Zambian history with every comment! Thanks for that point of info about Roy Wellensky.

Comment on Benetton Politics by savethechildren

savethechildren — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:02:40 +0000

So you and Brad Pitt are just saying this because I am white. Anti-racism is a code word for anti-white. You don’t have to hide behind code words.