Postapartheid Ideology
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOiOkDRQv_w The video for "Go Getter," by Johannesburg's MB featuring Malika, which I saw playing once
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Miguna Miguna
Miguna Miguna is a Kenyan activist and lawyer.
Mad Max in Botswana
Botswana has a thriving heavy metal scene. These metal heads have their own specific style too.
Magnificent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUlyWkM8aAs Earlier this week ESPN won seven Sports Emmy Awards, including one for music during the
'For the Africans in the Diaspora'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkDVUVosSgA From somewhere in American suburbia, the very frank, at times trite The Ten Minute Fix,
Ivorians in Liberia
Glenna Gordon's photography focuses on a neglected angle of the Ivorian crisis--since the most recent episode
Soccer Soap Opera
Who are the Kenyans who needed a soap opera as an impetus to change their attitudes about political violence and why did they need it?
Animal Farm
In Cape Town this January, Ken Salo invited Jessica and I to presentations by summer abroad
The ANC Goes Pop
Political parties in South Africa have a new challenge during elections: commissioning a pop ditty people can dance to while political candidates make empty promises from stages.
The Representation of Ghana
Could “Sakawa,” a form of internet scamming popular in Ghana, be a means by which to make to sense of contemporary life there?
The Whites-Only French
France today is struggling with race because — unlike its former colonies — it never actually went through its own process of decolonization.
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGIHzkWwxVg
Prince Amukamara of New York
It's the socialist National Football League (of America's) Draft in New York City this week and
Shabazz Palaces and Kahlil Joseph
Although the effect of blending the music by Shabazz Palaces and the images of documentary-in-the-making Tough
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjvUMr1-AAU Apparently Akala is "second generation black Caribbean and half white Scottish." He also has some
Mahmood Mamdani on Uganda
The umpteenth stand-off between Uganda’s government and the “Walk to Work” protests by opposition forces.
Jamming for Sanitation
In some of Cape Town’s black townships, residents have to stand in line to use one of the portable chemical toilets made available to them.
Media Criticism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnYJI4QTpXs From the United States of America, a country of "sideshows and carnival barkers."
This is Freedom
The new reality show “Clifton Shores,” promises Americans “fun” views of life in Cape Town. Without trying it probably will expose the ugly reality of racism and inequality in the city.
Music and Politics
If you have nothing to do tonight and are in New York City, head down to
Native Son
http://youtu.be/RG4c2Xh5FuE Youtube is streaming all of the 44-odd minutes of Blitz the Ambassador's second studio album,