Music Break / Kommanda Obbs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69BVJR2fSR8 It was Core Wreckah who first put us on to Lesotho rapper Kommanda Obbs a
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Nathan Chiume
Nathan Chiume is an Africa analyst and consultant.
In Praise of Wangari Maathai
Maathai, who died this week, stood up to the dictatorship of Daniel Arap Moi, and the global regimes of the IMF, the World Bank and all the rest.
Law and Disorder
“Law and Order,” opened its 13th season with a very transparent plot based on the Dominique Strauss Kahn rape case. It is not very good.
Muslim American Slave
Islam first came to North America with slavery, yet no major studio film has centered on the life of a Muslim American slave. Ibn Said’s remarkable life could be a start.
Outsourcing Protest
You fill out a form on a Dutch NGO’s website and it “gets a bunch of Africans to protest for you.” It is not a joke.
Liberator Magazine
Here. Photo Credit: Cedric Miles.
Music Break / Kern Koppen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FM4XDO39ug You might remember the Dutch band Kern Koppen from last year's collaboration with South African
The "colorful" women of Karamoja
By Dan Moshenberg Somebody call Paul Gauguin. The site of exotic exploration of bare naked, happy
Today I'll eat for Belgium
Yes, some Europeans, specifically Belgians -- who else but "a fine group of web designers, web
Karl Marx Was Right
The mainstream is waking to the prescience of the old man’s ideas.
Music Break / Kastra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL6aGKw6dng Video for Douala rapper Kastra. I haven't yet figured out what he means with "I'm
Didier Drogba, Truth Commissioner
Cote d’Ivoire’s newly-appointed commission counts 11 members, with footballer Didier Drogba one of them, representing the country’s diaspora.
From Nairobi to Berlin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T0fOJoT9aM&feature=player_embedded Over the last two years, the NRBLN - BLNRB project has brought together German and
National Pride
Cote d’Ivoire is Africa’s best team at the moment. FIFA says so. Egypt, the current African champions, are second.
'Slavery, The Game'
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJMzeQicAh8&w=600&=369] While watching out for Fifa 12, I got distracted by this Youtube "commercial" for another
"Making French money isn't easy"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV4_3h2A1cg Mamani Keita arrived in Paris in the late eighties as a backing vocalist for Salif
Blitz The Ambassador Speaks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Deh07ZDF1aA Blitz The Ambassador talks about the initial reception of his music ("slow"), the musical Fela!
Music Break / Shabazz Palaces
http://vimeo.com/27758516 I'm looking forward to hearing Shabazz Palaces play during their European tour later this month.
Red Hot Chili Peppers got lost in Ethiopia
The Red Hot Chili Peppers funk jam track Ethiopia came following "a life-changing trip Flea and
Music Break / Youssoupha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arve4ZB8jog Kinshasa-born rapper Youssoupha moved to France at the age of 10. Ever since releasing his