South Africa’s Glorious Moment
it is a testament to the hosts that my young daughter insists South Africa won the 2010 World Cup.
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Rita Nketiah
Rita Nketiah is a feminist researcher, writer and activist living in Accra, Ghana.
Janus Faced
We're closing shop from tomorrow, December 24th, until January 4th, 2011. Thanks for a great year
Well deserved
Before we close out the year we have to give a nod to the Centre for
T.I.A. (Nollywood Edition)
Nollywood film posters in a store window on Nostrand Ave. in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.
A Ghanaian Election
A new documentary film chronicles what happened in 2008, when only for second time, since Ghana ended military rule in 1992, that power would change hands through an election.
'5 Networks that Matter in East Africa'
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGiLEEX5OuQ&feature=player_embedded&w=500&h=307&rel=] Rakesh Rajani, the head of Tanzanian "citizen-centered initiative", Twaweza, on the "five key networks that
Re: Gentrified Fiction
Novelist (and New School professor) Siddhartha Deb in an interview with Jeffrey Errington for The Quarterly
Music Break
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yl5LaocojO4&w=500&h=307&rel=0] The music video for "Die Heuwels Fantasies" by South African (Afrikaans) band, Noorderlig. I am
Football Rivalries
Football fan, writer and broadcaster David Goldblatt goes in search of football rivalries in Accra, Cairo,
Africom Blues
Carl LeVan Guest Blogger An academic article I wrote in the current issue of the journal
T.I.A.* (BMX Edition)
This is Africa
Pushed to the Limit
Political economist Hein Marais’ 1998 book, “South Africa Limits to Change: The Political Economy of Transition,”
Teju Cole's 'Open City'
The writer Teju Cole (remember him from the Africa's World Cup panel at The New School
'Dakar Now'
Photograph by Mimi Mollica; from the book "Street Photography Now" (2010) by Sophie Howarth and Stephen
Shameless Self Promotion: World Cup edition
Look out for a a special issue of African Journalism Studies on "The Fifa World Cup 2010
Unexpected Connections
When you’re surprised by the links between Afro-Peruvian roots-electronic music and Kuduro-Kizomba from Angola.
Anything is Possible for Kentridge
http://vimeo.com/14544412 If you haven’t seen this documentary (trailer above) on South African artist William Kentridge yet,
Music Break: Gugulethu’s rooftops
You’ll rarely see local rap artists, especially ones from Cape Town, on South African music video channels. But not if Driemanskap had anything to do with it.
T.I.A.* (Jersey Shore Edition)
You'd never thought you'd see Ronnie and Pauli D from the MTV reality TV show "Jersey Shore" on This is Africa.
African Immigrant Life in New York City
Students in my Media and Africa seminar at The New School create short video profiles of African immigrant experiences in New York City. Here I highlight a few of the striking ones.