True Blood or Sushi
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muV6e1HPxcY&w=500&h=307] S: What does this say about contemporary white Afrikaans speaking music culture? T: That Van
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Nathan Chiume
Nathan Chiume is an Africa analyst and consultant.
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTBlOvNzXzQ Illa J, younger brother of J Dilla, teams up with Belgian producer Cris Prolific. February
African-American comedians and “Africa jokes”
From Richard Pryor through to Jamie Foxx, Chris Rock and Wyatt Cenac. They all do “Africa” bits. It’s not always funny or good social commentary.
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvdU5R7ywQ4
'White Music for Black People'*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6Vk6CPUj9s It must be the weather. Something ("Everlasting Gobstopper," released in 2008) from the brothers, Daniel
A Great Day in Africa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgw_zfLLvh8 Hosni Mubarak is gone. The hard questions--that Omar Suleiman and the military stand aside for
'Old and New Colonists in Zambia'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icRw7DWPchE From Davy Lane: [Two excerpts from a] BBC documentary on 'Chinese in Africa,' [titled "The
Film Critic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLix4QPL3tY& The 1985 Arnold Schwarzenegger action flick "Commando" is narrated--"shot for shot"--by a 9-year old Tanzanian boy.
'You know where Egypt is on a map?'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pedMB8zM2BQ The "internet stand-up comedian" Kassem G talks to beach goers in Venice Beach, California, about
Tit for Tat
As the dominant narrative about Paul Kagame began to change, some Western journalists failed to catch up. They get mad when that’s pointed out.
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwwuubhJTLc The Chicago-born jazz musician Matana Roberts, performing live in London late last year. If you
White Butterflies
The trailer for "Black Butterflies," the new Dutch film about the 1960s Afrikaans writer, Ingrid Jonker,
Jeffrey Wright Reads Walt Whitman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKUZpOjUKcM This is from a minute ago, but I had to post it as it features
Snoop Dogg's Africa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwrpX3wMD2o The music video for a new song by Nigerian rapper/R&B singer D'Banj featuring Snoop Dogg
Music Break
http://vimeo.com/19132287 Video of the Burnt Sugar Arkestra performing live January 21, 2011, in New York City.
Black Diamond(s)
[vodpod id=Video.5523753&w=500&h=411&fv=file%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffr.player-feed.previewnetworks.com%2Fv3.1%2Fcinema%2F5444%2F331100125-1%2F] Director Pascale Lamche’s got some help from Peter Mukurube (that's him putting Sepp Blatter
Deafening Silence
Why the deafening silence from African artists and musicians following the murder of gay activist David Kato?
'Who's in Control'
[vodpod id=Video.5351396&w=500&h=411&fv=endpoint%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fmusic%2Fvideo%2F2011%2Fjan%2F12%2Fbritish-sea-power-live-session-control-video%2Fjson] It must be the moment. British band British Sea Power's anti-privatization pop song, "Who's
Tahrir Square
http://www.vimeo.com/19559138 These striking images of protesters on Tahrir Square in Cairo on February 1 was shot
Music Break
http://vimeo.com/11961440 Cape Town/Atlanta singer Lindiwe Suttle and Abbot Network, performing "Sweet like Butta," for the online