Culture10.19.2011'Developing the First World'Sean Henry JacobsYou couldn't miss this trailer in front of The New School's West 12th Street building in
Culture10.18.2011Music. GhostpoetSean Henry Jacobshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usksH8B07do Ghostpoet (government name: Obaro Ejimiwe) raps "in the bluesy, introspective tradition of Tricky and Roots Manuva".
Politics10.18.2011Idi Amin, TV StarSean Henry JacobsThis is also Found Object, Number 15 as Uganda's dictator Idi Amin Dada on his short-lived
10.18.2011Children of GorongosaSean Henry JacobsOne of the photographs in a new series "Children of the Mountain" by academic and journalist Howard
SPORTSPolitics10.18.2011'Let's pray that this is one bit of culture that won't make it out of Africa'Sean Henry Jacobshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7tlcTtbPEA I just came across these videos: Number 13 in a humorous--and of course very ethnocentric--series
Culture10.17.2011The Human FantasySean Henry JacobsArtist Simen Johan photographs a variety of plants and animals in natural preserves, zoos, farms, museum
Culture10.14.2011Music Break. Lianne La HavasSean Henry Jacobshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f845_v41YFo Nerina Penzhorn likes this. That means I should too. The very young singer, Lianne La
Politics10.14.2011Rick Perry's 'Dark Continent'Sean Henry JacobsThe more we learn about Rick Perry--whose campaign for US President seems to be stalling--the more
10.14.2011The Myth and Reality of Paul KagameSean Henry Jacobshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB8729TcngY The full video of the Open Society Institute in Manhattan's panel discussion on contemporary Rwanda is
Culture10.14.2011Africa UnsignedSean Henry JacobsAfrica Unsigned, an Amsterdam-based website uses crowd-funding--a method which allow people to pool their money online--to
Culture10.13.2011Music Break / Sylvester & SsavooSean Henry Jacobshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da7K3e0M8SI The video for Kampala rappers Sylvester & Ssavoo's "Akaseera" comes with a laid back groove.
10.13.2011Jeffrey Gettleman in SomaliaSean Henry JacobsBy Abdourahman Waberi* Jeffrey Gettleman will not run the risk of being seen as ‘a nobody,
Culture10.13.2011Fanti Love SongSean Henry Jacobshttp://youtu.be/igaiypLKVEE ... To New York City? By Ghanaian crooner M3NSA off his new album.
10.12.2011Found Objects No.14Sean Henry Jacobshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrQGVqC8TJI "Judge Hatchett Discovers She Is Nigerian." She even does accents. The Hausa gets mangled in
Culture10.11.2011Music Break / LousikaSean Henry Jacobshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdh32XjNWTE The video for French-Ghanaian female MC, Lousika's "No Bee Aloo" says more about where popular
Culture10.11.2011State of the NationSean Henry JacobsA striking piece from "State of The Nation," a new project of Zimbabwean-born, South African artist
10.11.2011Only in AfricaSean Henry Jacobshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2oymHHyV1M Spotted on Youtube yesterday before it went viral: A South African professional mountain biker is
Culture10.11.2011Mos Def PhilharmonicSean Henry Jacobshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G34pW5S9Rx4 Mos Def (or Yasiin Bey) is on a roll. First the Stephen Colbert performance with