It must be Africa
For the next month we’ll be bombarded with commercials riffing of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. There’ll be lots of “African” themes.
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Miguna Miguna
Miguna Miguna is a Kenyan activist and lawyer.
From Now On*
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq_HP8mgT8A&w=500&h=307&rel=0] The video for Dutch hip hop group Zwart Licht's single "Vanaf Nu." Via @Mustafa Maluka:
After the Bulldozers
[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/11738776 w=500&h=281] Beautifully shot short film about the fate of 10,000 residents displaced after a thriving
Africa on Film: A New Series
We also aim to educate. Over the next few months, Allison Swank will commence a new
Rihanna: Back in Blackface?
In the music video for her latest single, “Rockstar 101,” singer Rihanna appears in what looks like blackface.
The Wedding
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsG49zXF8xk&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Driving in Soweto, film maker Dumisani Phakathi reflects on next month's World Cup: [The World
Coco Cola and the "African Boy"
I'm a bit late with this, but I'll post it anyway. (Look out for lots of
The Encyclopedia of South Africa
One of the first authoritative, comprehensive reference work covering South Africa’s history, politics, law, society and culture, economy, environment, in one place.
Africa Day
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFTOqZsLjaw&w=500&h=307&rel=0] On May 25th, 1963, the Organization of African Unity (now the African Union), composed of
Keep Africa Alive
Should our contributor Sonja Sugira, usually a harsh critic of humanitarianism, cut Bono’s RED campaign some slack?
Nick Kristof promotes the missionary position
Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times columnist who has made Africa his beat, lectures poor Congolese about their leisure time. No word about the larger structures causing their misery in the first place.
Sunday Morning
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Bono did something right
You know we give Bono a lot of grief on this site, but in this commercial
'Something to Believe'
[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/9002801 w=500&h=281] Rapper Blitz the Ambassador (representing for the Ghanaian diaspora and Brooklyn), featuring Tess, who
Rainer Elstermanns' "Photo Studio"
[slideshow] The German photographer, Rainer Elstermanns, imagined an old photo studio set in rural Kenya in
The Guardian of Malawi
If you find yourself at a cocktail party this weekend where you may be required to
'Symbols of Liberia's Struggle'*
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZOvI9bvruQ&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Rapper Nas narrates a short insert on ESPN's "E:60" on the Liberian national amputee team
Fresh hiphop funk from Cameroon
[youtube=www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWUEvngFue8&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Via Mustafa Maluka
Vroom. Vroom
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhrgnCAydu4&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Your parents' Congolese music--like it needs the jolt--gets the dance music treatment from the kids,
The Nigerian senator and his 13 year old bride
Apart from the Nigerian media and a BBC story this has not had much traction. It