[vodpod id=Video.5972910&w=500&h=411&fv=videoId%3D897337827001%26amp%3BlinkBaseURL%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.newyorker.com%252Fvideo%253FvideoID%253D897337827001%26amp%3BplayerID%3D673564960001%26amp%3BplayerKey%3DAQ%7E%7E%2CAAAAAF1454s%7E%2CQH_ygumSKiVg91q-ZwBlqWe1HcfbhDds%26amp%3Bdomain%3Dembed%26amp%3BdynamicStreaming%3Dtrue] Writer Teju Cole-- he has a new novel, "Open City"--talks and writes about identity

Despite my skepticism about "top 10" lists, I waded through the University of Pennsylvania's Penn's Think Tanks

The practice of renting out Cape Town's "scenery" and its cheaper film crews can have its

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBdTVmSVq14 Charles Bradley, backed by The Menahan Street Band, performs "Why Is It So Hard" live

Ahead of local government elections in South Africa--scheduled for May--the Democratic Alliance, which governs Cape Town

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKy4wFat5UE What's happening in (Cape Town's neighborhood) Woodstock that makes local hipsters flood the place? The

http://www.vimeo.com/21968906 Electronic rap duo and "stereo wizards" Dirty Paraffin at the Faraday Muthi Market in downtown

The South African newspaper Mail&Guardian has a YouTube channel which makes browsing through their occasional video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzDSmgAsQUY Nodding my head to this tune by Congolese artist Pathy Patcheko, a former member of

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulJx1XXQw4U I could listen to Tamikrest all day long. This is a new song from the

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrIAi1Xwxt0 Brussels rapper Brams aka L'Insatiable (born in Cameroon) has been working on some promising collaborations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3bhISMRs7A Mo Kalamity and The Wizards, "Autour de Toi" from her album, Deeper Revolution Via Ikenna

Off his new album, Blitz the Ambassador featuring Les Nubians. Free download here.

http://vimeo.com/14834791 South African guitar duo Warongx are two of several artists portrayed in The Creators documentary.

A reader: ‎$1 billion for an election and you'd think ballots would be delivered, on time,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK_u-AAIYUM Today is Senegal's independence day. Carlou D transformed himself from the rapper he was in

Lawrence Lemaoana is one of 13 South African artists selected by curator Daniella Géo for the

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLmUf9MgXcI The political scientist, Siba Grovogui, based at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, interviewed about two