The silence between portraits
Number 17 in our ‘Found Objects’: The short documentary, ‘Mr. Mkhize,’ by photographers Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin.
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Nathan Chiume
Nathan Chiume is an Africa analyst and consultant.
Good doses of pan-Africanism
Since it first came out last year I've had Nas and Damian Marley's concept album Distant
Photography. Fatoumata Kande Senghor
Information.
Music Break. The Funk League
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsXD50lsRGk An older song by The Funk League, but it comes with a new video. Featuring
Wikipedia and oral knowledge
Verifiability and no original research are two core content policies for contributors to Wikipedia. You need to back
Take me to your leader: Babatunde Fashola
The Governor of Lagos has larger ambitions than just governing Nigeria’s and probably Africa’s most vibrant megacity.
Paris is a Continent
The first in a series exploring the music of France’s capital. Hinda Talhaoui, originally from Paris’ suburbs, is our guide.
Music Break. Bonus Friday Edition, N°0
Last week we brought you the serious side of Burkina rapper Mokobe. In this hilarious video
Africa Gathering
http://vimeo.com/25519731 I'm in DC this weekend for the Africa Gathering social entrepreneurship conference. (Video of the London
The Mapping Stereotypes Project
The full set of "maps" here. H/T: Ignacio Fernandez Amunategui
Denzel Washington is a Cape Town cop
When Hollywood comes to our doorstep they use Cape Town as a cheap stand in for somewhere else. We don’t get to see our city on screen; represented authentically.
'Suit Up'
http://vimeo.com/31434026 Nice video (Tiro Rose) and photographs (Ference Isaacs) of hip hop dancers from all over
Music Break. Dengue Fever
http://youtu.be/5Lgy1p6mdVg A lot of music we like don't come from Africa. Like this one from Dengue
Music Break. Meklit Hadero
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjhwKO7AIsc Meklit Hadero (Ethiopia | US) - Singer + songwriter. Ethopian American singer, songwriter and recording
What Ugandans think of Obama’s “Special Forces”
For Ugandans the Americans are basically aiding a military infrastructure that will mostly terrorize local people and strengthen an unpopular dictator.
Music Break. Jolly Boys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZoImzA5iO4 These guys remind me of Sunday afternoons at my great aunt's house in Parkwood. This
Soccer movies about poor, brown people
African football is often depicted with gloom, while European football is either reduced to hooliganism or celebrated through nostalgic ‘greatest hits’ and childhood wonder on film.
Photography. Alec Soth
Michael and Dominique, Detroit, Michigan. From Soth's series "Sleeping by the Mississippi."
Les Fantômes
A painting sits glowering on the wall of the Jack Bell Gallery in London. Figures daubed
'Julius Malema sets the cultural agenda'
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-kUhrBGVS8&w=600&h=369] The third season of "90 Plein Street," a scripted series about the travails of a