Helsinki – Africa is a Country

The geo-branding war

April 30, 2012 By Mikko Kapanen 17 Comments

Geo-branding is a serious thing. It is particularly serious when people from other geographic areas decide to brand your geographical area and the people in it, the way they see fit and the way that fits their purposes. No other country, region or continent, I’d argue, suffers from other peoples’ nonsense as much as the […]

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Filed Under: ADVERTISING, FEATURED, JOURNALISM, MEDIA Tagged With: aid, C. P. Eze, Cape Town, colonialism, Don't Africa Me, DRC, Dynamo, Finland, Finn Chruch Aid, Finnish Lutheran Church, Helsinki, Honduras, Martti Ahtisaari, missionary, South Africa, stereotypes, trade

Africa and contemporary art

November 30, 2011 By Mikko Kapanen Leave a Comment

I am no contemporary art expert. Sometimes one has to start with a disclaimer. The term and whatever definition whoever gives to it have been on that awkward zone where I have felt that I should be equipped with more specific knowledge to say even something quite generic about it. Also, my intuitive and somewhat […]

Filed Under: ART Tagged With: Helsinki, Kiasma Museum, Mary Sibande, Mikko Kapanen, Samuel Fosso

Music Break

May 28, 2011 By Tom Devriendt 2 Comments

‘Feel Me’ is the second track from a soon-to-be released EP by (Kinshasa-born) Finnish rapper Gracias. (‘HKI’ was a first.) I can’t remember last seeing a copy of King Leopold’s Ghost featured in a music video. H/T: Mikko Kapanen

Filed Under: FEATURED Tagged With: Feel Me, Finland, Gracias, Helsinki, HKI, Kinshasa

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