Pushed to the Limit
Political economist Hein Marais’ 1998 book, “South Africa Limits to Change: The Political Economy of Transition,”
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Nathan Chiume
Nathan Chiume is an Africa analyst and consultant.
Teju Cole's 'Open City'
The writer Teju Cole (remember him from the Africa's World Cup panel at The New School
'Dakar Now'
Photograph by Mimi Mollica; from the book "Street Photography Now" (2010) by Sophie Howarth and Stephen
Shameless Self Promotion: World Cup edition
Look out for a a special issue of African Journalism Studies on "The Fifa World Cup 2010
Unexpected Connections
When you’re surprised by the links between Afro-Peruvian roots-electronic music and Kuduro-Kizomba from Angola.
Anything is Possible for Kentridge
http://vimeo.com/14544412 If you haven’t seen this documentary (trailer above) on South African artist William Kentridge yet,
Music Break: Gugulethu’s rooftops
You’ll rarely see local rap artists, especially ones from Cape Town, on South African music video channels. But not if Driemanskap had anything to do with it.
T.I.A.* (Jersey Shore Edition)
You'd never thought you'd see Ronnie and Pauli D from the MTV reality TV show "Jersey Shore" on This is Africa.
African Immigrant Life in New York City
Students in my Media and Africa seminar at The New School create short video profiles of African immigrant experiences in New York City. Here I highlight a few of the striking ones.
Music Break. Simphiwe Dana
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=829dg3GN7aM&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Does it matter whether we know where a music video was shot? Probably not, but
Akon makes no sense
The Senegalese-American R&B singer, Akon, imagines himself some kind of African political leader and regularly opines on comparisons between African countries and the US. We wished he didn’t.
The Indians are coming
[embed width="700"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPNYLcj5OWA&w=500&h=307&rel=0[/embed] This is an ad to promote the wares of Willow TV—the California-based portal for
Music Break
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfu8z8_fresk-prenons-l-afrique-en-main_music The guys from Fresk have opinions, but we will go into that another day. Until
Giant Killers
[The wealthy Congolese club and current African Champions League cup holders] TP Mazembe Englebert have produced
The Fire Next Time
Some Brooklyn business. You know I live here. Read it here.--Sean Jacobs
Do you need another rap film?
Do the foregrounding of celebrities and stories of human tragedy help or hurt two new films about hip hop in Uganda?
Music Break
http://vimeo.com/17713639 Femi Kuti and his band strip it down for La Blogothèque, some hours before they
The World According to Facebook
Facebook intern Paul Butler, who created the map, writes that he wanted to see "how geography
Music Break
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRKFpx6zmYo&w=500&h=307&rel=0] “Après Tintin au Congo j’ai lu Sarkozy à Dakar / 50 minutes d'insultes... accusé à
The constructions of whiteness in South Africa
The role documentary film in producing memory as it intersects with contemporary constructions of understanding apartheid and this post-apartheid period.