Nas and Damian Marley channel Amadou and Mariam
[audio=http://thefader.cachefly.net/nas-damian-marley-Patience.mp3] "Patience," another track of the much anticipated "Distant Relatives" project. Nas and Damian Marley channels
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Nathan Chiume
Nathan Chiume is an Africa analyst and consultant.
Friday Music: Jalin Rose
[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/10881896 w=500&h=281] Love this video and rapper Jalin Rose's flow. The sample is off Ski's "24
South Africa. It's in South America
Apparently on a Chicago TV station. Let's hope this a spoof. Otherwise it explains this kind
Paul Sika, "Andy Warhol’s grandson"
The very talented Ivorian artist Paul Sika (I've linked to Paul's work last year on my
The Lost Bushmen
It is still okay to create the most objectionable stereotypes about certain Africans and for it to be considered fine. This time: India.
Film: Filip De Boeck's "Cemetery State"
The Belgian anthropologist Filip De Boeck (remember his excellent "Kinshasa: Tales of the Invisible City") recently
Video: Interview with artist Thando Mama
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GWdGfKXK3U&w=500&h=307] A 9-minute excerpt from a new short video documentary (20 minutes in all) about the
Reality Check
"... The Kibera slum in Nairobi is home to between 500,000 and 800,000, living in cramped
Bok van Blerk’s Darkest Africa
Bok van Blerk’s new music video mines familiar racist tropes of starving, diseased children in a war-torn African country saved by a blonde heroine and her white male companion.
The Model and The Activist
The one about the black model we all love to hate and the white activist we all just love.
Two Annoying White Men
When Canada’s Globe & Mail newspaper thought it was OK to get two white, Irish men to edit a special issue of the paper on Africa.
The Idea of Africa
Singer Rokia Traoré speaking truth to The Times of London: “... Some Europeans who love Africa
Viral Culture: Matt’s dance
A brand of football trickery and showmanship have only reaped bad results on the field for South African teams, but is also a great dance.
'Ya'll feel me even if it's in Swahili'*
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcY34CGzj20&w=500&h=295] The official video for the Nas-Damian Marley's single, "As We Enter" off "The Distant Relatives"
Mos Def, ‘Supermagic’
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_RXEJLx2Uw&w=500&h=307] I love the sample as well as the graphics in the video for "Supermagic" off
Cavemen among us; but not in Africa
Researchers find Europeans and Asians share 1% to 4% of their nuclear DNA with Neandertals. But Africans do not. What to do with this information?
When you have a beer named after you
There’s a lot of hype around Didier Drogba, including that he stopped a civil war in Cote d’Ivoire. How much truth is there to that story?
Nigerian ram fighting
No this is not a comment on Nigerian politics. Instead, the BBC website has a great
Cornel West speaks on Jane Austen
It's worth the price of admission to hear Cornel West say of the conservative British author--with
Hugh Masekela Goes to the World Cup
Hugh Masekela and his son, Sal, together explore the people, culture, landscapes and history of South Africa.