Music Break. Friday Bonus Edition, N°2
An eclectic one. Ethiopian and Ivorian pop, Philly neo soul, Swedish and South African rap and
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Miguna Miguna
Miguna Miguna is a Kenyan activist and lawyer.
Pizza Aid
What happens when humanitarian agencies ditch the tried-and-trusted fundraising method of splashing disaster porn across screens and news pages?
Black France
The presence of black people in France spans the last three centuries.
Music Break. YaoBobby ft. Fredy Massamba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFIOwmypmwk There's a fast growing collection of cross-over hip hop songs produced by Central and West
Anton Kannemeyer’s Africa
How meanings, symbolism, and narratives of “other” places and products shift when contextualized within and against South Africa.
Parachute Journalism
Blind clichés, projections and stereotypes masquerading as analysis in Foreign Policy by Karen Leigh, Time Magazine’s correspondent for West Africa.
Music Break. Rattex
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIMT_vNtFQ8 Long after midnight, once the tourists and the party-goers have left Cape Town's Long Street,
TV Heads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0ahXv7TT8k 'Kichwateli' ('TV head' < Swahili) is one of the many chapters in the BLNRB project.
Angolan Independence
On Friday, November 10, 2011, Angola marked its 36th Independence Day since the proclamation of independence, November
Ingerland, Ingerland, Ingerland
Late last month the English goalkeeper David James wrote in The Observer that he was surprised
Demba Ba
Demba Ba has a habit of falling to his knees post-goal and praying. Via FIFA.com: Premier League
"You're a South African, what's your story?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrtm5kwpXrQ New Zealand is often sold to prospective (mostly white) South African immigrants as "South Africa
How Europe is Evolving Toward Africa
No, this is not about the anxieties of Niall Ferguson. Anthropologist John Comaroff spoke at The
Music Break. Fatima Al Qadiri
http://youtu.be/hKosaf5tmpI Senegal-born, Kuwait-raised musician and artist Fatima Al Qadiri just premiered her new EP, "Genre-Specific Xperience,"
Mapo do mundo
Remember the Mapping Stereotypes Project and the Afrographique project? (The former maps popular national stereotypes from
Watch The Throne
South African Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) released his new album Motswafrika. It comes complete with its own politics.
Omar Sy, French movie icon
By Abdourahman Waberi Released only a week ago, 'Intouchables' the film (by Eric Toledano & Olivier
Fighting somebody else's war
By Basia Lewandowska Cummings We British are very good at honoring the dead. Last Friday Prime
Let the music
Hinda Talhaoui, originally from Paris but based in Brooklyn, drops the second of her posts highlighting the music of her hometown.
Music Break. Friday Bonus Edition, N°1
Girl Power is big among female West African pop singers. Or so recent music videos suggest.