Okay we’re a day late. (It’s Sean’s fault.) Happy Indpendence Day Nigeria. Your music industry is too large and prolific and dominant across the continent and the globe to sum up in a few videos, but here’s an idea: Neo-Juju About these ads
Independence August
August 12, 2011 By 2 Comments
Since we’ll be on break for a minute (details tomorrow) when the following central African countries celebrate their independence days, let’s do a quick roundup for Central African Republic, Congo Brazzaville, and Gabon. August 13, The Central African Republic is the home of Deep House DJ Boddhi Satva, who we talked about here before.
August 11, Chad
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August 7, Côte d’Ivoire
August 8, 2011 By 3 Comments
August 5, Burkina Faso
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July 5, Algeria
July 5, 2011 By 1 Comment
On its 49th year of independence from France, Algeria is undergoing another popular anti-colonial (and anti-Bouteflika) movement. Like some other African states whose independence days we’re celebrating through pop music, Algeria may have an entirely different independence day in the very near future. First the popular: Cheb Bilal, who still hangs with the kids, while […]
A view of Sierra Leone
February 26, 2011 By 1 Comment
Danish photographer Kim Thue has worked on his ‘Freetown Fifty’ project for around 6 months already, and in March he is going back to finish his work. AIAC got an interview with Kim Thue and the permission to exclusively show a selection of his pictures.–Anni Lyngskaer
Congo 50
July 9, 2010 By 7 Comments
Guest post by Brussels-based anthropologist and, more importantly, Africa is a Country reader Tom Devriendt on a new graphic novel written and illustrated by a group of Congolese graphic artists taking stock of the half-century of DRC independence — Sean Jacobs. When asked in 2009 how he would celebrate Congo’s 50 years of Independence, Congolese […]
NIGERIAN INDEPENDENCE
October 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It’s the 49th anniversary of Nigeria’s independence from Britain this weekend. From the outset the colonial leaders wanted to prevent the country from developing, but the new leadership class has not been any different. The management of oil revenues plays a big part in Nigeria’s development. From the time of independence–when oil was discovered–until 1999, […]
