The Year of the Woman
2011 was the year of pro-democracy movements and they were largely pushed and pulled by women.
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Miguna Miguna
Miguna Miguna is a Kenyan activist and lawyer.
The Year of Frantz Fanon
What gives Fanon’s thinking its force and power is the air of indestructibility and the inexhaustible silo of humanity which it houses, argues Achille Mbembe.
The Top 10 African films of 2011
2011 was a good year for African cinema. In various cinema seats and at home, I’ve
Health care for all
The health news – with major implications for Africans living on the continent – that made the headlines in 2011.
10 photographers to watch in 2012
As part of a series of year-end posts--we're taking a break from Friday, December 23, till January 5, 2012, we're hoping to post 10 "Lists of 10" this week. (We're trying to be cool by calling it "10x10"). So two lists per day. Orlando Reade, who blogs for us from London, starts us of with his list of 10 photographers to watch in 2012. He's picked five African artists and five Europeans who have been working in Africa.
The love for our mothers
The series, Paris Is a Continent, is on number 6. Songs about our moms and break-up songs sung by men that women will like, among others.
R.I.P. Cesária Évora
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yffEiWHIoZI&w=600&h=349] This morning, Cape Verdean singer Cesária Évora passed away in Mandelo, São Vicente, the island
Dances with Samburu
The Samburu of northern Kenya are pastoralists, and they are under attack. According to Survival International,
Music Break. Friday Bonus Edition
Ploughing through the blog's archives to come up with a fair selection of ten videos for
Helen Zille’s ‘AIDS Gestapo’
The leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance makes offensive remarks about AIDS, then smears her critics, AIDS activists and journalists, as Nazis.
Nigeria's Prophet
By now you've probably watched the (British) Channel 4 TV documentary film about Nigeria's millionaire preachers--the
Dosunmu's 'Restless City,' the best African film of 2011?
I finally got to see director Andrew Dosunmu's debut feature film, "Restless City," this summer (at the
Swazi Bull
Politics, repression, religion, exile, tradition and mysticism in Swaziland, Southern Africa’s last absolute monarchy.
The business of selling beer
SABMiller’s new Impala Beer is marketed to poor people who don’t buy other commercially distributed beers because they are too expensive.
The ‘safest option’ in Congo
For all the huffing and puffing in the West about the DRC's cooked elections -- President
Shameless Self Promotion
It's that time of year again. The students in my required Media and Culture course at
Music Break. Ghostpoet
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1 Mike Skinner playing keys in this "improvised" video for Ghostpoet makes perfect sense. The online
Wonder Woman can beat breast cancer
The Mozambican Associação da Luta Contra o Cancer (ALCC) enlists female superheroes to raise awareness around
Celebrating African women filmmakers
Two events in London this year focused on female filmmakers working in African cinema. This is high exposure for a demographic of the African film industry that is generally low on the radar.
New Films
This list is partly self-indulgent. It is also a way--hopefully weekly--for me to keep an online