Mdu Ntuli’s ‘Izikhokho Show’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNhn-vxfkUY You'll excuse our South African focus today here and on Twitter. A burger chain writes
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Rita Nketiah
Rita Nketiah is a feminist researcher, writer and activist living in Accra, Ghana.
JM Coetzee’s Cricketing Life
The news that J.M. Coetzee had contributed to a book entitled “Australia: Story of a Cricket Country” rankled the author, a committed Coetzeephile, slightly.
Super Bowl Predictions
The only way to sustain interest in the lives of African and African American NFL players is to either talk about their personal tragedy or show how moved they are by the plight of other black people.
Football Underdogs and Politricks
The fortunes of Sudan and Equatorial Guinea at AFCON 2012. The latter especially, a squad cobbled together by naturalizing players from Brazil and Spain.
Friday Music Bonus Edition
This week saw the passing of Don Cornelius. You'll remember Letta Mbulu was once a guest
Intellectual Property Propaganda
Intellectual property protection has never been shown to promote economic development in developing countries.
Senegalese Sushi
I still mourn the day I walked around to Le Grand Dakar, one of my favorite restaurants in Clinton Hill, and found it was closed. The restaurant, run and owned by Chef Pierre Thiam (check out his interesting family backstory) was a fixture in the block around Grand Ave and Lafayatte.
Steve Biko’s Son
Nkosinati Biko on a close and present relationship with his father that is unusual for children in general and for the children of activists in particular.
M.anifest has a new music video
Big up @M.anifest for the new video (showcasing Accra's transportation infrastructure), and congrats to the Black
Inbox
It has come to this. Don't focus too much on the 'your scholarship' line. An email
Salone Got Riddim
Short film about the rhythm of daily life in Sierra Leone, and the dancing talents of the country’s women.
Trouble at the Global Fund
What's going on at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB & Malaria (GFATM)? It recently canceled a new round of grants because funding has severely declined, and commitments made by donor countries have yet to materialize. As a result of the lack of funding, progress in many countries against the three diseases will be crippled until GFATM has the resources it needs. Last week Executive Director of the Global Fund, Michel Kazatchkine also resigned.
Die Antwoord Butchering Old Beats
Die Antwoord play the media game well. What they still do badly is “borrowing” from other people’s work.
Very African and Very Modern
Congolese artists Konono N°1 and Baloji collaborated by merging “traditional” sounds from Africa’s biggest country with hip hop.
Rapping in ‘Father Banana’s Country’
The challenge of creating anti-commercial rap in Angola: a market with bling, swag and surly sisters.
The First Black Woman to win Sundance Best Director
Aava DuVernay leads a movement to organize African-American film festivals and secure theatrical releases for black independent films.
Dubai could do with a lot more of this
Dubai can actually be a city of gems that might surprise you. Like soul musician Hamdan Al-Abri, who is of Zanzibari descent.
Shoutout Banlieue
Number 8 in our series, Paris Is a Continent, showcasing the music of the French capital, is about bragging rights and one song.
The Nordic Connection
Hip hop artists from Stockholm and Helsinki team up; also repping their ancestral lands of Congo and The Gambia.
Colonial Fantasies
Just a sample: A “Heart of Darkness”-themed ship, Tarzan in South Africa and a travelogue on the Congo River.