Karl Marx Was Right
The mainstream is waking to the prescience of the old man’s ideas.
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Rita Nketiah
Rita Nketiah is a feminist researcher, writer and activist living in Accra, Ghana.
Music Break / Kastra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL6aGKw6dng Video for Douala rapper Kastra. I haven't yet figured out what he means with "I'm
Didier Drogba, Truth Commissioner
Cote d’Ivoire’s newly-appointed commission counts 11 members, with footballer Didier Drogba one of them, representing the country’s diaspora.
From Nairobi to Berlin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T0fOJoT9aM&feature=player_embedded Over the last two years, the NRBLN - BLNRB project has brought together German and
National Pride
Cote d’Ivoire is Africa’s best team at the moment. FIFA says so. Egypt, the current African champions, are second.
'Slavery, The Game'
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJMzeQicAh8&w=600&=369] While watching out for Fifa 12, I got distracted by this Youtube "commercial" for another
"Making French money isn't easy"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV4_3h2A1cg Mamani Keita arrived in Paris in the late eighties as a backing vocalist for Salif
Blitz The Ambassador Speaks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Deh07ZDF1aA Blitz The Ambassador talks about the initial reception of his music ("slow"), the musical Fela!
Music Break / Shabazz Palaces
http://vimeo.com/27758516 I'm looking forward to hearing Shabazz Palaces play during their European tour later this month.
Red Hot Chili Peppers got lost in Ethiopia
The Red Hot Chili Peppers funk jam track Ethiopia came following "a life-changing trip Flea and
Music Break / Youssoupha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arve4ZB8jog Kinshasa-born rapper Youssoupha moved to France at the age of 10. Ever since releasing his
Lagos Street Scene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pVt9sC_Yd0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlfRR-kHUB0 From the world of Omoita Entertainment.
Music Break / Nneka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmWA7d4BlWU Nneka's "Soul is Heavy" from her new album. Extras: Part 1 and Part 2.
Father figure
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNn2bqNSS6k&w=600&h=369] Filmmaker Kurt Orderson sent me "The Unseen Ones," his new 19-minute musical documentary about the
Nicholas Kristof Saves Another Woman
In The New York Times columnit’s world, Kenya is just another Third World site of pathos, despair, degradation, and fallen women waiting to be saved.
Hugh Masekela’s Football Skills
There’s no record that Hugh Masekela could play football. But he acted like he could kick a ball in a music video.
Tupac Shakur in Africa
Tupac Shakur’s intensity did not just appeal to just young people in the United States, but also on the continent.
Music Break / NSZ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx2Bx9FKXpo Young Mauritians are definitely "Fight[ing] Pu More Freedom." Organizing through Facebook they've been on the
We're suppose to celebrate Miss Universe
Miss Angola, Leila Lopes, was crowned Miss Universe over the weekend. One of the judges, a
'The Nigerian Jersey Shore'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8Is90VKyLk Baylor University students (members of the campus African Studies Association) parodies those icons of 21st