The Vershtunkende Toronto Zoo
‘Vershtunkende’ is a Yiddish adjective loosely translated as ‘darned,’ ‘exasperating’, ‘maliciously idiotic’. It is not a nice word to use for either a person or thing.
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Rita Nketiah
Rita Nketiah is a feminist researcher, writer and activist living in Accra, Ghana.
My favorite photographs N°4: Nana Kofi Acquah
My grandmother had a pub where wayfarers, fishermen, their wives, officers and anybody who had trouble
Paulo Flores’s Ex-Combatentes
The Angolan singer’s new album deals with war in the widest sense: war with the self, war with family, neighbors, friends.
This sea shall be uprooted
Makoko, in Lagos, with over 100, 000 residents, is viewed as a shantytown. There’s more to it. This is the destruction of a community.
The most interesting bits
Kaleidoscope magazine has done an “Africa” issue; it wants to walk a fine line between identity politics and universalism.
Il Manifesto
Africans can draw uninformed conclusions about what’s going on in their own backyards and on the continent.
On Safari
If you're wondering where we are (if you don't read through to the end of posts)
The Decade of Film
I participated in Sight & Sound’s once-a-decade poll of the greatest films of all time. I included at least two African films: “Borom Sarrett” and “Mapantsula.” Hopefully, they make the cut.
Take The A Train
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHRbEhLj540 I've recently taken on a new daily commute from Bed-Stuy to Harlem via the A
Winter List: Festivals in Southern Africa
While some in the virtual AIAC office have been putting together their summer lists, I thought
Reading List: Lily Saint
The author, a regular contributor, summarizes four new books she’s been reading.
Cargoland
Romuald Hazoumé reminds us that like the perishing oil reserves being plumbed in Africa and around the world, water may soon also be fiercely fought over.
Wet Hot African Summer
We’ve scoured the web to bring you the best and worst romance, adventure, intrigue, and kinky fantasies Africa has to offer.
Credit Credit Art
The London Olympics, the Africa Utopia symosium and London’s “Festival of the World with Mastercard.”
Summer in Paris
In what may be the last in a while of my posts highlighting the latest in French music culture, here’s a list of tunes for the northern summer.
More than one specter haunts South Africa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5J-i1U6PXQ This week, the World Bank issued a report, South Africa Economic Update: Inequality of Opportunity.
Africa Tumblrs: microblogs for lazy readers
Top photo tumblrs, not in any particular order, that Kola thinks you should be following if you have any interest in Africa.
The Summer List
For our traveling readers , here are a list of Africa-related exhibitions and readings this summer taking place in a wide range of cities around the world.
Summer in the City
The pick of summer 2012’s shows and parties in New York City.
Family Matters
Does it matter whether the hip-hop artist Ismael Sankara is related to the great Burkinabe leader, Thomas Sankara?