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Outsourcing Protest
September 26, 2011 By 3 Comments
This is either a bad joke, a brilliant art project or another Dutch viral campaign: A group called Actie Lab (translated: Action Lab), based in Amsterdam, has found a way for Europeans to ‘help’ Africans by outsourcing protests to Malawi and South Africa. Basically you don’t have to do protesting anymore. You just fill out […]
“What’s Up Africa!”
August 12, 2011 By 4 Comments
What’s Up Africa describes itself as “Europe’s first video blog focused on Africa.” Produced in the Netherlands by lawyer-turned-broadcaster Ikenna Azuike, it is slowly building an audience, bringing us “… what’s hip, creative and making the news in Africa.” 26 episodes later this is the place where the new land grab by European firms of African agricultural […]
ZAM Goes International
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The Day After
July 12, 2010 By 2 Comments
The World Cup is now over after a final match that unfortunately rivals for negativity, ugliness, aimlessness and overzealous refereeing the 1990 World Cup final in Rome between Germany and Argentina. Andres Iniesta’s extra-time goal ensured the right result at least. We can all go back to our normal lives now. But if, like me, you […]
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 […]
It must be Africa
June 1, 2010 By 13 Comments
‘Boers and Bantus’
May 4, 2010 By 2 Comments
This is a find. A while back the “History” page of the Dutch TV channel, VPRO–one of my favorite sites–posted some classic video from a show, “Boeren en Bantoes” (Boers and Bantus) from a 1960 program by the famed (by Dutch standards) broadcaster, GBJ Hiltermann, about a visit to South Africa. (The program was posted […]
Black and White
February 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
