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Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

July 5th, Cape Verde

Like we said everyone wanted to get independent in June and July. It’s also Cape Verde’s independence today. We know young Cape Verdeans want to protest tonight since there’s not much to celebrate. Doesn’t mean they don’t like music. Here’s some Cape Verdean pop to bide them and us over. The pop of Cordas dos Sol:

Monday, March 14th, 2011

Viva Amilcar Cabral

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgBT8SYq41s Amilcar Cabral, the key figure in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verdea’s independence (and who had an impact beyond its borders; see Chris Marker’s ‘San Soliel,’ through historian Basil Davidson’s work and in Syracuse), was born in September 1924 and...

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

‘Africa wants you to leave us alone’

The South African artist, Breeze Yoko, has generously allowed me to share these images of him completing this striking mural completed recently in Swiss city, Basel, while there representing at the Focus 10: Contemporary African Art...

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