While the Ghanaian migrant community in New York City is centered in the Bronx, there is a smaller, yet equally as Afcon-enthusiastic population of Ghanaians in the Flatbush/Crown Heights neighborhoods of Brooklyn. Meytex Cafe on Flatbush Avenue is part social club, part Ghanaian restaurant, and part bar/party space that provides a social center for the […]
Remember Mo Ibrahim’s prize for “good governance” awarded annually to an African leader? The winner gets $5 million over 10 years and $200,000 annually for life thereafter. Previous winners have included such prudent politicians as Mozambique’s Joaquim Chissano and Botswana’s Festus Mogae. Apparently Thabo Mbeki, South Africa’s disastrous second democratic president (1999-2008), was among the […]
OK My Club, an invention of Chinese artist Xu Zhen exists to “beat up” political figures such as US President George W. Bush, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. The work is a mix of photography, trickery and performance. The title of the work above is “www.okmyclub.com fought Annan […]
