Friday Music Bonus Edition
Niagass comments on Senegal's president Wade's running for another term: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PqsCXR_l5o We've been listening to Robert
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Rita Nketiah
Rita Nketiah is a feminist researcher, writer and activist living in Accra, Ghana.
What was Dikembe Mutombo thinking
Mutombo, a former NBA star, seems in way over his head in a diamond scam. But some of the allegations cited in media reports don’t add up.
Witchcraft and the British Media
Can a belief be condemned as immoral? Or must we accept cultural difference, and merely condemn the acts that follow as a consequence?
Arab Women Filmmakers in Berlin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg1IHGKPoQg 'A Game' is a short fiction film from 2010 by Sudanese director Marwa Zein, based
How to make a movie about Muslims
The South African comedy drama, “Material,” portrays Muslims and Islam without resorting to the regular comedic clichés and slapstick.
The three little pigs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xIgq13mX3A No, they're not Africans. It's just a great TV ad campaign for The Guardian newspaper.
Bilingual MC’s
On 'Super Mc', a group of rappers (Omar Offendum, Lou Piensa, Ceschi, Jarabe Del Sol, M.O.A,
Marrakech Biennale looks North
Kicking off this week is the 4th Marrakech Biennale. The opening days will see performances, debates,
Music Break. Cabo Snoop
http://youtu.be/pAa8wYe0XbA An older Cabo Snoop tune (kuduristas in Angola and elsewhere have been dancing to 'Zagala'
Are ‘African jokes’ played out?
Who (can) make “African jokes”, are they funny or do they go too far?
BBC’s Special Focus on Africa
To mark 80 years of international broadcasting, the BBC World Service is hosting a day of
Music Break. Vincent Segal & Ballaké Sissoko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1k7QO3_U8E French cellist Vincent Segal and kora master Ballaké Sissoko (from Mali) recorded the 2009 'Chamber
The Ungovernables
It seems rather arbitrary to pick out the African artists from ‘The Ungovernables’, the New Museum’s
Tuareg Nationalism
A quick survey of Western media suggests Tuareg nationalist claims don't carry the same weight as
London calling … to the faraway towns of Somalia
Talk about efficiency, how’s this for a developmental scheme. First, encourage, both directly and by 'principled
Reverse Colonization
How the economic crisis in Portugal has sent the Portuguese to the shores of former colonies in search of employment.
Music Break. Molare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzEIlNEbzpE Some fresh coupé-décalé from Molare.
The most influential African thinker
If we could ask our readers (and critics, and everyone else) to pick Africa’s most insightful intellectual, who would they pick?
A Spaza Shop Job
Postapartheid South African music culture is one big cut and paste job.
The sound of Joburg label Iapetus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuYn-GhQLW0 From Zetina Mosia's upcoming album "The RoundAbout", this track: 'Lately'. We've said this before, but