Sign Language
I spotted this crude graffiti on a wall of a part-construction site on 12th Street in
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Nathan Chiume
Nathan Chiume is an Africa analyst and consultant.
Truth and Reconciliation
In Argentina members of that country's military dictatorship that conducted a "dirty war") against its people
Kon and Amir goes to Africa
Next week (April 26), Brooklyn's Kon and Amir will release "Off Track Vol III: Brooklyn, "
Vogue Africa
The photographer Mario Epanya wonders what a "Vogue Africa" magazine would look like. The pictures are
Timeless
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjddFpAp6z0&w=480&h=295] This blog does not waste any opportunities to post visuals of Mulatu Astatke performing. Via
The World of Tyler Perry
Whatever The New Yorker's rationale for commissioning a piece on Tyler Perry, the "critic-proof" producer and
Tribeca Film Festival
I am tired of doing this. Because it is getting predictable. The top-heavy and scattered Tribeca
The Full-Back
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8vhgCZhJ1g I am still on my pre-World Cup binge. Brazil remains odds on favorites to win
Apartheid is a museum no one visits
How much do young South Africans, especially college students, know about their history? Not much, if these videos are any indication.
David Goldblatt @ The Jewish Museum
A major retrospective of David Goldblatt's photographs opens next month at the Jewish Museum on the
The Tuk-Ham Festival
Via Jeremy Weate at Naijablog: "Photos by Brian Blazek. The Tuk-Ham festival takes place each year
Hasbara Studies
A new website, “Islam in Africa,” claims to be a scholarly. On closer inspection, it turns out to be run of the mill Zionist propaganda.
The Politician
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB238bOfbIk&w=480&h=295] This clip of an incoherent, rambling politician ran on South African TV a few weeks
Apartheid was a White Party on Steroids
Annie Liebovitz’s insights of South Africa under apartheid was quite ordinary: basically she sound like every other white visitor.
Darfur to Brooklyn
Approximately 300 Darfuri immigrants from Sudan live in Kensington neighboorhood of Brooklyn in New York, making new lives.
The Soap Bar
The Girifna Movement, a social movement in northern Sudan, encourages voting and advocates for peaceful change amidst the country’s depressing election scenario.
West Africa just can’t get a break
My latest roundup of happenings that couldn’t get the full standalone post treatment.
The Original Queen B
An ode to Busi Mhlongo, the South African singer, composer and danger.
Traces of Bhekumuzi Luthuli
White South African and Americans musicians have borrowed heavily and built a careers off the Maskandi music pioneered by working class musicians like Luthuli.
The Celebrity Scramble for Africa
The 1884 and 1885 meetings in Berlin of Euro-American powers to divide up the riches and territories of Africa are being reprised. By and for celebrities.