Music Fridays
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0F2_sAlaNo&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Mos Def is back. Which means I am happy. This for Ski Beats' new album
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Rita Nketiah
Rita Nketiah is a feminist researcher, writer and activist living in Accra, Ghana.
Who Cares?*
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uvUZbUwOiA&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Shocker. Children don't always look like their parents. (Unfortunately not everyone got the memo that
“Heart of Darkness”
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2noQowyoKQ&w=500&h=307&rel=0] I generally like French film director Claire Denis' work. Her previous film set in an
You can make this stuff up
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8gRF_m6CSI&w=500&h=307&rel=0] The US Navy commissions a group called Blue Water to genetically engineer "a half-shark, half-octopus"
Skin Deep Politics
The question as to whether a coloured can become leader of South Africa’s ruling party and even, more remotely, president of the country.
Name Calling*
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyRgKxB7jug&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Unfunny Rick Reilly, a commentator on the American sportscaster, ESPN, insults new British Open champion,
Concrete Airplane
Vice recently carried an interesting interview with Miles Claret, whose Soundway Records label re-issues "... lost
G'day Mate
“The thing that overwhelms most is the level of professionalism of native Africans in knowing how
Africa on Film: Black Diamonds
Black Diamonds is a recently released short documentary by Dutch filmmaker, Saska Vredeveld (view the film
Enjoy Poverty
How Euro-Americans – directly and indirectly – interact with the Congolese: only as victims.
The Poors
The Boston Globe's "Big Picture" site has also published Reuters photographer Finbarr O'Reilly's widely circulated series
The Judge
HBO has selected the documentary, "Courting Justice", by American filmmakers Ruth Cowan and Jane Thandi Lipman
Stuff White People Do
Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times, for all the people he’s helped, lacks critical self-reflection.
Streets is Watching
Shakira should acknowledge “Waka Waka” is a rip off of a Cameroonian song. Everyone knows that. Also pay the original composers.
Simple Football
Belgian photographer captures grassroots football in 30 villages across 10 countries in west and southern Africa.
Zwelethu Mthethwa @ The Studio Museum
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy_ri7XJik0&w=500&h=281&rel=0] Via Todd Johnson: Opening on Thursday, July 15, at the Studio Museum in Harlem, some
Still Hip Hop
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woHMTgvfs_E&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Hip hop now has its own museums, honors shows on basic cable, and rap beats
Nick Kristof prefers White Saviors
The New York Times columnist, whose reporting is very influential in elite public opinion about Africa, prefer white “bridge characters.”
The Day After
Locals after South Africa successfully hosted a global, mega-event: why can’t it tackle its inequalities with the same energy and efficiency?
Vintage Bigotry, South African Edition
John Oliver, a "correspondent" for the comedy news show, "The Daily with Jon Stewart," has been