On this month’s AIAC Radio we head to Cape Town to understand how this creole city’s musical culture resisted containment throughout history. Listen on Worldwide FM and follow us on Mixcloud.
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The death of cities
Cities will continue to exist and grow despite the coronavirus crisis because of the distinctly human need for social interaction, physical contact, and collaboration.
The poet of colouredness and exile
Dennis Brutus described Arthur Nortje as “perhaps the best South African poet of our time.”
What is learning for?
The ideal South African is not the citizen but the consumer, and this is impressed upon children immediately when some are sent to private schools.
The African refugee equilibrium
Africans’ lack of knowledge about our own shared refugee experiences continues to fuel hate and discrimination on the continent.
Is the future of African auteur cinema streaming?
Imagine if African films could enjoy shooting and editing on the continent, uninhibited by national and international politics.
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On this month’s AIAC Radio we take a visit to Djibouti and explore music cultures around the Indian Ocean that resulted from a long history of Asian and African exchange. Listen on Worldwide FM and follow us on Mixcloud.
Culture
Upsetting color and its representations
What is one particular place when represented photographically?
The life and times of Trevor Madondo
Trevor Madondo achieved a certain immortality in Zimbabwean cricketing lore precisely for the way in which he confronted cricket’s history as an instrument of empire.
Telling Nigerian stories
Director Taiwo Egunjobi disavows Nollywood’s penchant for crass comedies and maudlin dramas.
When discussing war is taboo
Dieudo Hamadi’s film ‘Downstream to Kinshasa’ is a powerful antidote to the DRC’s collective amnesia around the Six-Day War and its aftermath.
Restaging global history
The performative documentary ‘Sun of the Soil’ restores the historical record of the ‘great king’ of Mali, Mansa Musa.
Capitalism in My City
The Mathare Social Justice Centre has partnered with Africa Is a Country to produce a series of posts and videos to document everyday capitalism in Nairobi. The project is funded via the Shuttleworth Fellowship awarded to Sean Jacobs.
Drug use among young people in Nairobi's slums is on the rise. Youth also face arbitrary arrests by the police, resulting in jail time which turns them into hardcore criminals in a vicious cycle.
I’ve lived a good part of my life in Mathare 4A, part of the larger Mathare slum in Nairobi. Decent housing remains a pipe dream for the majority of the city's residents.
Politics
Organized interests
Ideas for how to pressure Uganda’s “M-Pigs” to become elected representatives who actually serve in the public interest.
A special type of political personality
Lateef K. Jakande, also known as Baba Kekere, was the first civilian governor of Nigeria’s Lagos State.
The politics of blessings
Over the past decade, support from Western Christian groups have become an increasingly dominant force in Israel’s relationships with Africa.
Nigeria’s ecological emergency
No amount of clean technology, industrial growth or boosts to GDP will avert the economic and climate crises inextricable to profit-driven extraction.
COVID-19
The death of cities
Cities will continue to exist and grow despite the coronavirus crisis because of the distinctly human need for social interaction, physical contact, and collaboration.
Decolonizing the COVID-19 response
Looking beyond the West to understand how to manage pandemics without choosing between saving lives or livelihoods. Live on YouTube Tuesday. Subscribe to our Patreon for the archive.
The business of Black death
The global public health industry is complicit in the reproduction of “the African tragedy.”
The missing 27 billion
Governments need funds for stimulus packages and aid to address COVID-19. But corporate tax avoidance and tax breaks for aid in African countries is undermining emergency responses.