Gandhi in Somalia
A mild mannered historian and anthropologist takes over as President of an autonomous Somali republic.
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Rita Nketiah
Rita Nketiah is a feminist researcher, writer and activist living in Accra, Ghana.
The Chronic
Fresh off its Euros prize from its €100,000 prize from the Dutch Prince Claus Fund, Chimurenga launched
The Dutch Disease
The media in the Netherlands have a schizophrenic relationship with South Africa, either fixating on Afrikaners, descendants of Dutch settlers, or fabricating a history of Dutch anti-apartheid zeal.
Music Break. Sayat Demissie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk1zhZKpHFs Ethiopian pop from this past summer. Sayat Demissie is a former beauty queen. Her decision
Photography. Sam Buk
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Developing the First World
You couldn't miss this trailer in front of The New School's West 12th Street building in
The Sudan Report
Omar al-Bashir has a bigger problem than the ICC: Ordinary citizens, including the middle classes, taking to the streets against the effects of austerity on their lives.
Music. Ghostpoet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usksH8B07do Ghostpoet (government name: Obaro Ejimiwe) raps "in the bluesy, introspective tradition of Tricky and Roots Manuva".
Idi Amin, TV Star
This is also Found Object, Number 15 as Uganda's dictator Idi Amin Dada on his short-lived
Photography. Jean Depara
In Paris the Maison Revue Noire gallery presents a retrospective on the work of photographer Jean Depara. Born
Children of Gorongosa
One of the photographs in a new series "Children of the Mountain" by academic and journalist Howard
'Let's pray that this is one bit of culture that won't make it out of Africa'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7tlcTtbPEA I just came across these videos: Number 13 in a humorous--and of course very ethnocentric--series
Music Break. Nkunkuma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZcQKYdWKoY Cameroon ('Kamer') hip hop is churning out lots of videos lately. Like this one by
Being Black in Germany
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPqCd6QCqJk Sharon Dodua Otoo is hoping to edit the book series 'Witnessed', written in English by
The Human Fantasy
Artist Simen Johan photographs a variety of plants and animals in natural preserves, zoos, farms, museum
Contro'Versy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEEoTKCpPv4 Tonight, the Afrikaaps crew, the South African musical about the history of the Afrikaans language, dedicated
You need Nicholas Kristof
Sierra Leone is a tough place for women and girls, maybe among the worst. But that doesn’t mean they’re waiting for Nicholas Kristof to save them.
Music Break. Lianne La Havas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f845_v41YFo Nerina Penzhorn likes this. That means I should too. The very young singer, Lianne La
Rick Perry's 'Dark Continent'
The more we learn about Rick Perry--whose campaign for US President seems to be stalling--the more
The news about land reform in Zimbabwe
Land reform and Zimbabwe; say those words in any order and you get a reaction. It