The fragmentary character of memory
John Akomfrah’s ‘The Nine Muses’ obliquely tells the history of migration to Britain in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Miguna Miguna
Miguna Miguna is a Kenyan activist and lawyer.
The Beatles, Black Sabbath and Africa in 2050
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaiZn2VYKbs No that's not a stadium rock concert, it's the musical references in the introduction to
Documenting Tuberculosis
In 2009, 1.7 million people died from TB globally, including 380,000 people living with HIV. The majority of deaths were in Africa.
Pay young women in Malawi to prevent HIV infection?
The Guardian reports: “Cash payments help cut HIV infection rate in young women, study finds: Research
Ruth Bader Ginsburg knows her constitutions
The South African Constitution and the emerging rights jurisprudence of the country’s Constitutional Court are, demonstrably, influential.
Nelson Mandela (Hollywood; plural)
Rumours are circulating on various Hollywood gossip and film blogs that Stringer Bell also known as
The confused lens of memory and trauma
The Rwandan film, “Grey Matter,” is part of prestigious traveling film exhibition, the Global Film Initiative.
January in Cairo IV: the two faces of Egyptian art
Om Kalthoum, the late great Egyptian singer, stands in the studio of Khaled Hafez. Her eyes are
Music Break. Sababu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0diLFMHDJI Belgian band Zita Swoon, world-famous in their own country --I'm biased-- recorded an easy listening
The Whitney Soundtrack
Whitney Houston died on February 11, 2012. What does it mean to lose the soundtrack to one’s life?
Nigeria Fashion Week
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRUvF8UcFfA Probably to coincide with New York Fashion Week, Vice released the Nigerian installment of its
Chipolopolo Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGjis0np20I The closer we got to Sunday's Africa Cup of Nations final, the more Zambian music
Financial Times blues
I read The Financial Times because they cover the news that is essential to capital and those who rule us. But most of time I just don't get their op-ed page.
When Rick Ross went to South Africa and Gabon
For some odd reason the latest issue of The New Yorker ran a profile of rapper
Introducing Angolan singer Aline Frazão
Aline Frazão resists Lisbon media’s pigeon-holing practices of post-colonial Portuguese paternalism.
Everybody wants in on the final
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaIQpD3MdyA Some coupe decale to warm you up for the African Cup of Nations final later
The meaning of February 11, 1990
A veteran anti-apartheid figure writes about the day Nelson Mandela–after 27 years–was released from prison.
Music Break. King Mensah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENNr_Mw2hNs Some mellow Togolese sounds and a sunny video.
Surfer dude
http://youtu.be/kmv4o3XHPM0 Surfing as leisure and a sport has historically been associated with whites in South Africa,
Tech Apartheid
Our tech posts never stray from tweeting new data on Twitter and Facebook usage on the continent--but now and then--as occasional readers of Gizmodo and Kotaku--we pause.