My favorite photographs N°8: Sydelle Willow Smith
Among the most striking portraits in South African photographer and filmmaker Sydelle Willow Smith's online portfolio
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Nathan Chiume
Nathan Chiume is an Africa analyst and consultant.
The musical journey of Bongeziwe Mabandla
Forty-two kilometres from Umthatha, the former capital of Transkei in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, is
10 African films to watch out for, N°4
Here are another 10 films we're hoping to see in the (near) future. First, three "fiction"
The cliché about ‘struggle photography’
Cedric Nunn’s photography reflects the complex emotions of his black South African subjects, their humanity, dignity, in very personal terms.
Torture in Zimbabwe
Last Thursday, Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court unanimously “chastised” state security agents for torturing Jestina Mukoko, national director
Kehinde Wiley goes to Israel
A recent trip to Israel and the new sub-set work he produced there, raises some doubts about Kehinde Wiley’s art practice.
The women at the doorway
The photographer Aida Muluneh’s work explores Ethiopia via identity, personal journey, and family nostalgia after a 30-year absence.
Friday Bonus #MusicBreak
Yes, I've been listening to pop music a lot. You get work done and don't have
That time Rick Ross filmed a music video in a Lagos slum
Can a rap music video do better than some journalism in showing the real, unvarnished existence of ordinary Nigerians?
Discovering a country through film
Number 3 in our series of short descriptions of ten new African films to watch out for.
Yasiin Bey plays a mbira …
This was done for GQ Magazine. He also raps half-heartedly. I suppose, we should be "tril(led)."
Michael Jackson in Tamale
A review of a new memoir by Ghana’s new President, John Dramani Mahama.
Remixed Metaphors
Guinean-Swiss photographer Namsa Leuba deftly “merges” aesthetic traditions.
Hugh Masekela’s ‘Stimela’ gets a makeover
Wynter Gordon’s remake of ‘Stimela’ suggests more challenging possibilities.
My favorite photographs N°6: Stanley Lumax
Stanley Lumax (born in New Jersey, US where his parents, Ghanaian immigrants, settled) lives in Brooklyn.
Malawian Twitter is not a gentle place
By far the best place to follow Malawian news and politics is social media app, Twitter. It can be relied upon to be the very first place where Malawi’s breaking news gets to the rest of us.
The world’s media and Angola’s elections
The oppression/resistance model of politics explains some things, but it does not explain everything, and less and less these days on the continent.
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iverlIH__h8 Another ten music videos that we've been playing a lot recently. The first one above.
Big Frizzle’s ‘Africa’
This music video for Big Frizzle's 'All Black Everything', produced by London-based media house GlobalFaction made
The trouble with South Africa’s middle class
In South Africa, there was more activity in solidarity with Pussy Riot than with the Marikana miners killed by police in August 2012.