When you’re from Africa. Like Africa Africa.
When the dance pop of London-based The Very Best, with one African member (the other two are French and Swedish) is described as very African.
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Nathan Chiume
Nathan Chiume is an Africa analyst and consultant.
Lagos vs New York
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZX6gUoQGvw&w=500&h=307] By Keziah Jones, who has a new album, "Nigering Wood," out this Spring, comparing his
Yar’Adua est mort
Al Jazeera English is first out of the gate with an analysis of the life of
Ian Kamau
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkHEVsJeOoI I first heard this track, "Love it Here," in the video above, in February this
Fela! wins on Broadway
Bill T Jones' "Fela!," the musical interpretation of the life of the Afrobeat king, is up
Janelle Monáe
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xktMnfb0Q0A&w=500&h=307] Janelle Monáe featuring Big Boi of Outkast, "Tight Rope." James Brown is in the building.
Chocolate Thor
From broadcaster Esther Armah's Facebook page: Thought for the Day. Idris Elba, 6 ft 2, Chocolate
Uju
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np72mq3M-9s&w=500&h=307&rel=0] I like the flow of this Johannesburg band, Uju (formerly known as Sound Republic). Their
Boers and Bantus
Vintage clips, from 1961, of Nelson Mandela, ZK Matthews, Helen Joseph, among others, on a Dutch TV program talking liberation from white supremacy.
The Rape of Africa
Celebrity photographer David LaChapelle chose Naomi Campbell to represent how Africa is raped for its resources. Did it work?
Zaki Ibrahim, 'Daylight'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9MxNf1qsDI Live video for "Daylight" by Canadian singer Zaki Ibrahim shot in central Cape Town as
City Press
A few years ago during bouts of insomnia, I used to imagine redesigning a newspaper, any
The Race War
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGpikgxn-VM&w=480&h=295#13m00s] Al Jazeera's media criticism TV program "The Listening Post" has a useful analysis of the
Gold Coast Trading Co.
I like the initiative and work of the designer, Emeka Alams (his family is Ivorian, I
America? Begging in Nigeria!
A white woman begging in Lagos’s popular Mushin Market. Turns out it is a performance piece.
Africa Represent
If the criteria is the number of African players each team had on the field, you need to root for Inter Milan in the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final.
Weekend Links
Things I have read quickly, seen or watched, listened to, been forwarded, did not really have
Rankin does South Africa
British fashion photographer Rankin sets out on ‘his own personal journey’ to understand South Africa. The result is actually quite good.
Afrikaners
The first group of people who called themselves Afrikaners were Orlams people, who would be called coloured in South Africa today.
Teargas
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt6otC_a_ZY&w=480&h=295] The video for the first single, "Go Away," off the album "Dark or Blue" by