Helen Zille’s ‘AIDS Gestapo’
The leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance makes offensive remarks about AIDS, then smears her critics, AIDS activists and journalists, as Nazis.
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Nathan Chiume
Nathan Chiume is an Africa analyst and consultant.
Nigeria's Prophet
By now you've probably watched the (British) Channel 4 TV documentary film about Nigeria's millionaire preachers--the
Dosunmu's 'Restless City,' the best African film of 2011?
I finally got to see director Andrew Dosunmu's debut feature film, "Restless City," this summer (at the
Swazi Bull
Politics, repression, religion, exile, tradition and mysticism in Swaziland, Southern Africa’s last absolute monarchy.
The business of selling beer
SABMiller’s new Impala Beer is marketed to poor people who don’t buy other commercially distributed beers because they are too expensive.
The ‘safest option’ in Congo
For all the huffing and puffing in the West about the DRC's cooked elections -- President
Shameless Self Promotion
It's that time of year again. The students in my required Media and Culture course at
Music Break. Ghostpoet
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1 Mike Skinner playing keys in this "improvised" video for Ghostpoet makes perfect sense. The online
Wonder Woman can beat breast cancer
The Mozambican Associação da Luta Contra o Cancer (ALCC) enlists female superheroes to raise awareness around
Celebrating African women filmmakers
Two events in London this year focused on female filmmakers working in African cinema. This is high exposure for a demographic of the African film industry that is generally low on the radar.
New Films
This list is partly self-indulgent. It is also a way--hopefully weekly--for me to keep an online
The fear-riddled DNA
A new ad for how DNA works feeds into a fear-riddled white South African state of mind about black crime and blacks-as-a-class as criminals.
Shameless Self Promotion
Occasionally we have to promote our day jobs. Here are some excerpts from an op-ed that occasional AIAC blogger Herman Wasserman and I wrote last week for a South African publication on the latest manufactured scandal by the opposition Democratic Party (not to say that the ANC can't avoid scandals)
"The Somali Neurosis"
14-minute clip from a recent TV profile by Norwegian television of a visit by Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah to Norway. I never imagined book TV could look this good and informative.
Kenya Independence Day
Three Kenyan videos to remember today's Independence Day. Three popular tunes for our Independence meme. A
The Economist’s “Africa”
The Economist changed its verdict from “Hopeless Africa” to “Africa Rising” in eleven years. But few care about the latest verdict.
Adapting African literature for the screen
In a recent video interview (first spotted on film blog Shadow and Act), Kenyan film director
The new sheriff
About a week ago, the International Criminal Court announced that Fatou Bensouda would succeed Luis Moreno
Helping Themba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJHGTYOUg3Q The Dutch 'Stop Aids Now!' campaigns have a long tradition of appealing to potential donors
Music Break. Iyadede
http://vimeo.com/33268093 We like stylish Rwandese-Brooklyn singer Iyadede's take (in French) on the Theophilus London song "Flying