Music Break / Zaki Ibrahim
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtZd2uimcuI&w=600&h=373] The other day, we were wondering where all the female African MC's were at. Give
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Rita Nketiah
Rita Nketiah is a feminist researcher, writer and activist living in Accra, Ghana.
Medea is a Malian woman
By Dan Moshenberg Did you hear about Medea? You know, the woman who killed her two
'Live from the Continent'
South African artist Spoek Mathambo gets the Tim & Barry treatment for their online music channel
July 26, Liberia
The oldest republic in Africa, Liberia--formed in 1847--celebrates its independence today. Chances are Dumyarea, the song we
Music Break / Stromae
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vr1nyXu4Ts Stromae seems determined to turn every song on his 2010 album Cheese into a hit.
The Planet of Hip Hop
One of the founders of Cape Town rap music label, Pioneer Unit Records, talks about the local hip hop scene, talks about the coloured Afrikaans and Xhosa rap scene there.
Music Break / The Plastics
Music video for the Cape Town band, The Plastics. They worked with Gordon Raphael, who also produces
Weekend Special, July 23
* Philip Gourevitch, of The New Yorker, probably still healing from the mauling he got over
Colonialism
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHK308_MTiU&w=600&h=373] A satirical film made by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1986. Worth seeing again. It
Flash Mob
http://youtu.be/5iIFqHMOE1g No it's not a protest. It's PR for the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth
Malawi Spring
By Dan Moshenberg Did you hear about Malawi Spring? It started Wednesday, July 20. Thousands of
Sesotho Cipher
Before moving down from Maseru to Cape Town in 2008 and exploring the Cape's hip hop
Music Break / Gracias
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9DFWp32L6g We plugged Kinshasa-born Gracias not too long ago. This is the video for Mon€y, another
Spinning in Gauteng
http://vimeo.com/16724676 Journalist/photographer Chris Parkinson, who lives in Johannesburg, has shot this short film about car spinning
Music Break / Akala
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEOKgjoxoto There's so much going on in these 8 minutes of rap by Akala, we can
Mandela's heirs
http://vimeo.com/26538549 The documentary "Dear Mandela," about three young leaders of a shack dwellers movement in Durban,
The people of Blikkiesdorp
Photographer Lizane Louw chronicles the people of Blikkiesdorp, a temporary relocation camp on Cape Town’s Cape Flats.
Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela
South Africa's first democratic president is 93 years old today. The artwork is a collaboration between
Weekend Special, July 17
http://vimeo.com/24894177 All that stuff we could not blog--we have real jobs--or were too lazy to put
Ken's Song
http://vimeo.com/15422187 Some rural flavor from Hambale, Zambia. Filmed by David Tree. H/T: Adrian Bischoff.