They Shoot Tamikrest
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuHW3X5QKzY&w=500&h=300&rel=0] "I well remember hearing my first Tinariwen songs. I was about five. After the death
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Nathan Chiume
Nathan Chiume is an Africa analyst and consultant.
A familiar narrative about Madagascar
As part of our series on how Western filmmakers portray African countries and people, a piece on the children’s film, “Madagascar.”
Friday Links
Apparently President Lyndon Johnson, known for his support of Rhodesia (and paradoxically for signing the Civil
City One Minutes
When sleepless I often find myself browsing through time and space, moving from Johannesburg's CBD to
Krusty the Clown's Activism
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3OoeAeZM5Q&w=500&h=307&rel=0] The opening episode of the new series of "The Simpsons" features a convoluted plotline where
Desmond Tutu embarks on a life of well-earned dotage
The 1984 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town is one of South Africa’s great moral leaders.
Die Antwoord is Badass
Die Antwoord’s magnetism (or repulsion) lies in the way they combine clichés about race with those of gender and sexuality.
Cricket is big in Nigeria
Cricket is gloriously multilayered, with strategy and tactics available in abundance.
Black Atlantic Identity Politics
Two years later, Barack Obama’s election as US President still influence cultural production on the continent.
The Truth Will Out
The United Nations just made public a report about human rights abuses committed by Rwandan troops against Hutu refugees in then-Zaire in 1996-1997.
Out of Africa Redux
Bono and Ali Hewson, his wife, wants to revitalize apparel manufacturing in sub-Saharan Africa by manufacturing the clothes from their brand in China and Peru.
Music Wednesdays
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX6vbHWUyhQ&w=500&h=307&rel=0] The video for the remix of the song "Champion," the tune by Nigerian reggae fusion
The Nollywood Recipe
Nigerian director and producer, Ade Adepegba, speaking ahead of the new film festival, Nollywood Now--apparently the
Ask Your Government
How transparent are African governments about how and where they spend tax money?
Manifest Destiny
It is through popular culture that the initial connections with homeland and diaspora will begin to make an impact on the consciousness of younger generations of Africans.
Jacob Zuma Time
Sean Jacobs Note from a friend who closely watches the South African political scene: Below [the
White People Eat Fried Chicken
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH_WxJVxHcw&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Allison Swank Just as Nelson Mandela went underground as the Black Pimpernel in 1961 to
Music Break
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtg4nu5C-SI&w=500&h=307&rel=0] This is hipster stuff you can dance to at least. "Boomslang" (literally tree snake) by
Portico Quartet
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM6hPuui-l8&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Next Tuesday (September 28th) and Wednesday (September 29th) London jazz group Portico Quartet--their sound has
African Booty
Sean Jacobs Forbes Magazine--fresh from its cover story last week about Barack Obama's "Kenyan, anti-colonialist tendencies"