'Imagine life without photos'
http://vimeo.com/15038440 A worthwhile project by two Canadian brothers who grew up in 1970s Liberia--it still feels
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Rita Nketiah
Rita Nketiah is a feminist researcher, writer and activist living in Accra, Ghana.
Slipping into individualistic comfort
The daily word of inspiration (cut and pasted from Contemporary Literature) from my favorite, comtemporary Communist,
Pleasurable Music
The second lives of Faaji Agba, a collective of octogenarian Nigerian musicians who perform a mix of Nigerians’ favorite genres.
The inequality of news
Simon Kuper in the FT Weekend, takes shots at "the news," maybe also at his own
Fascism and Aesthetics
Jeremy Cronin is my favorite Communist. Astute, intellectual and a poet. Cronin is a former political
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=932nXiUN-dY Nice video for "Bienvenue au Cameroun", a track by Cameroonian (yeah) artist Ayriq Akam.
'I wanna be a Nigerian so freaking bad'
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzbvPa5npmo&w=560&h=349] UPDATE: This video, "I wanna be a Nigerian so freaking bad," by a group of
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTRmpJ_EpJE Dub Colossus member Samuel Yirga "plays one night a week in Addis's only jazz club/coffee
Music Break
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih4zoQGlOf8&w=560&h=349] Mikey AKA Kesse Babe, from Nigeria's Project Fame reality TV show, comes with a
'Afropolitans'
If in London next Friday. Press Statement from the Victoria and Albert Museum: On 24 June
"… new trends in Africa and the Diaspora"
At the margins of this year's Art Basel (15-19 June) and curated by Christine Eyene, FOCUS11
The Struggle Continues
The extended Weekend Music Break honors June 16th, 1976, featuring music from young South African artists, many of whom gained recognition online.
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTQprlBAmKQ Real World Records has just released (this past Monday) the new album "In Trance" by
The oil complex
Video of a worthwhile lecture (recorded in February this year) by Berkeley geographer Michael Watts breaking down the workings of the oil industry.
Ali Bongo loves America
Gabon’s unsavory Life President came to visit the US. Probably to discuss oil deals. He became collatoral damage in the US right’s media war against Barack Obama. So less time to focus on Bongo. So a win for him then.
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOV5jEa-vwc TV On The Radio's Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone join Tinariwen for this song. BTW,
The POWA Mixtape
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMdM03miCgo Johannesburg-based Tumi of Tumi and The Volume has released a mixtape. It seems to be
The Gautrain
EDITED: Useful summary of the South African government's ambitious plans for the first high-speed commuter train
The Minister of Finance
"The Minister of Finance," one of a series of over the top, mock portraits by Zimbabwean-born,
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGNBS6_0CCw The video for "All the Same" by Vieux Farka Toure, son of Ali, from his