Music Break. Mokobe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd6W5jjOgRA Mokobe commentates on the actions of Rihannon, Naomi Campboule, Rachida Beckham and friends over a
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Sheila Adufutse
Sheila Adufutse is a feminist activist and trained as a project manager.
Africa is a Country; the academic edition
Between them Wayne Marshall and Martin Murray pointed me to these 2 panels at the recent the American Geographical Association, which took place recently here in New York City.
Online politics in Angola
In Angola, the ‘pseudo-event’ is all the rage: small in meaning but enlarged by Facebook and cell phones.
#Kony2012 and British media
A review of UK media coverage of the viral politics of the misguided #Kony2012 social media campaign.
Music Break. Rocket Juice and the Moon
Another tune off the Tony Allen—Damon Albarn—Flea conglomerate project Rocket Juice & The Moon. “Follow-Fashion” plays like a horn-flanked afrobeat progression, featuring heavy slap bass from Flea, Damon on the vertical piano, sensuous croons from Mali’s Fatoumata Diawara and verses from Accra MC M.anifest.
A fast train from Dakar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gocEFChg75M Young Philippe Ndour is the nephew of Senegalese pop star Youssou Ndour. And just like his
#Kony2012 the musical
We want to step off #Kony2012 (we promise to lay off them by this weekend), but
Malawians are fed up with Madonna
Malawi is fed up with Madonna and her school daze, with the singer’s refusal to consult
Replete with Color
Zachary Rosen, a former Peace Corps official, describes his favorite photographs to us.
Oprah and Kristof: What don’t they have in common?
Oprah, like Kristof, turns a personal desire to help sufferers of abuse into a more than acceptable African development program.
Music Break. Kefee & Becca
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDILJymqdlY Kefee (from Nigeria) and Becca (from Ghana) bring their version of 'Dan Maliyo'. Pop and
Jeffrey Gettleman’s Continent
The New York Times East Africa correspondent can be summarized in three self evident points.
Kony 2012 is a Parody
A number of comedy videos lampooning Kony 2012 are making the rounds on social media. Some are funny, some are asinine.
Amsterdam is a Continent
ZAM is an international multimedia platform celebrating African creativity and new thinking, priding itself on a
How to read Africa is a Country
A few people have emailed us about the not-so-new layout here at AIAC; mostly about finding
The Invisible Christians
A big part of the story that is being missed about Invisible Children is that they’re firmly rooted in Evangelical Christianity.
#Kony2012 is ‘magical’
This weekend after watching this surreal clip on CNN of a hyped-up Jason Russell addressing Joseph
Soulja Boy takes on Joseph Kony
It has come to this. Musicians, especially rappers, had to wade in on the American social media campaign to “Make Kony Famous.”
Ne-Yo trying to adopt “African children”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrfeBthNKdk&feature=plcp In this video, about a week old, American R&B singer Ne-Yo (if you don't know
Casting Djimon Hounsou
Actor Djimon Hounsou doesn’t take his own advice about the media he makes about Africa.