While watching out for Fifa 12, I got distracted by this Youtube “commercial” for another video game, “Slavery: The Game.” Within days it had half a million views. Watch the trailer above. It just seemed to absurd to be true. There was a a website, with a video, ways for you to share it on social media and a phone number. A few websites checked the phone number and the company listed as developer and found it did not exist. They also reasoned retailers here wouldn’t carry it because of its offensive nature. But some commenters on Youtube were actually excited by the prospect of capturing, torturing and making profits off slaves. I suspected if it was the work of Adbusters or The Yes Men.
Cape Dutch
July 8, 2010 By 21 Comments
This post introduces Neelika Jayawardane as the newest member of the Africa is a Country conspiracy. We’ll have her bio up soon. — Sean Jacobs
Anyone familiar with South Africa knows that its impact with the Dutch produced a contentious past-– a historical collision that had enough momentum to produce repercussions in the present.
But you wouldn’t guess any of that if you landed here in the Cape on Tuesday night. Hours before the Dutch national team and Uruguay faced each other in the Cape Town, it looked as if the whole coastline – from the Cape Flats (the windswept, marshy areas to which those of “mixed” ancestry were forcibly removed during the 20th century) to the Atlantic seaboard (location of multimillion paeans to modernist architecture) – was swept in orange. Tuesday’s 2010 World Cup semi final was the last game to be held at the Green Point Stadium, and Capetonians and Dutch visitors alike flooded the streets of the city in orange afro wigs, orange miner-style overalls, orange oversized clown spectacles.
Black and White
February 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
From the Youtube channel of the excellent Dutch film production company, ITVS. This video insert is from the exhibition “Black is Beautiful.”
MUSIC / GEOFFY G, ‘OVER (NANE’S SONG)’
December 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Beautifully shot music video for new single (a few months old now) by Dutch musician of Nigerian descent, Geoffy G; Nane is his mother.
A Dutch White Christmas
November 30, 2009 By 9 Comments
This is how they celebate Christmas in the Netherlands complete with Father Christmas and his helpers in blackface.
A Dutch friend of mine provides some context:
MUSIC / KEIZER
November 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I like this Dutch’s rapper’s flow. I also like it because I understand the lyrics.
