Weekend Music Break, N°39
This year's turning into a good year for quality music videos. Here's another selection of 10.
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Nathan Chiume
Nathan Chiume is an Africa analyst and consultant.
Big Brother Goodluck Jonathan
Nigeria’s ruling class, when faced with criticism, always go for censorship, to silence their critics.
The New Chimurenga
The most creative, incisive political arts and literary publication produced on the African continent, or anywhere for that matter.
5 New Films to Watch, N°24
The Revolution Won’t Be Televised is Rama Thiaw's (born in Mauritania, grew up between Senegal and
Africa is a Great Country to Photograph
An interview with Swedish photographer Jens Assur about his exhibition, “Africa is a Great Country,” about representation of Africa and visual clichés in general.
Cinderella is Pissed
A prominent South African, his name is unimportant, has yet again lit up the local blogosphere
Yes, some Africans admire Margaret Thatcher
We were wrong. Some Africans do like Margaret Thatcher. Here’s a gallery of 10 of them.
Rocking Dakar
Takeifa’s sound is a welcome alternative to the more common mbalax music that dominates Senegal’s pop music scene.
Roger Ebert was the business
Roger Ebert revolutionized television film criticism in the United States with his engaging discussions alongside Gene Siskel. He loved African film.
Rapping Against Impunity
A campaign in Senegal wants to put public pressure on the government to follow-though on criminal investigations in order to get justice for victims of violence and torture.
Hair politics and other Weekend Specials
With this, I am bringing back Weekend Special for all those things we don’t have the time to blog about or say more than the required 140 characters on Twitter.
Weekend Music Break, N°38
http://youtu.be/SgkxUP3HpSY Here's ten new videos to get your weekend started. Some pop, some rap, some indie,
Living up to its Pan-African dimensions
Filmmakers Newton Aduaka and Haile Gerima and film critic and scholar, Mbye Cham, assess Fespaco 2013.
5 New Films to Watch, N°23
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3aGgktbGyY British filmmaker Roy Agyemang's documentary on Robert Mugabe, "Villain on Hero?", intended to be a
Madonna vs President Joyce Banda
Madonna’s attempt to save face after her scolding by Malawi’s president to rehash the stereotype of the corrupt African leader rings hollow, and a bit desperate. Malawi’s President wasn’t having it.
“African cuisine” is a misnomer
Pierre Thiam, a Senegalese-born chef defining African restaurant food in the United States, argues that it is insulting to categorize African cuisine into one box.
When the material writes itself
The comedians Jon Stewart and Bassem Youssef and Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood.
How to Paint Ghosts
An interview with Ivorian artist Aboudia. Jean-Michel Basquiat is often cited as an influence in his work, but local experience is a bigger muse.
A fictional portrait of a national dream
Cristina De Middel self-published book “The Afronauts,” revisits the 1960s shortlived, abandoned project by Zambia’s government to send the first African astronauts to Mars
No, Africans don’t remember Margaret Thatcher fondly
Thatcher’s energetic opposition to sanctions and support for right wing forces prolonged the state of violence across the breadth of Southern Africa.