"… 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
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Sheila Adufutse
Sheila Adufutse is a feminist activist and trained as a project manager.
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
The Cost of Oil to Nigeria
"Nigeria is the world's 8th largest producer of crude oil, yet remains one of its poorest
The Gay Judges in Kenya*
South Africa has an openly gay Judge serving on its highest court, The Constitutional Court. The
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3FfCxlApXI I first saw Kesivan Naidoo play at the Independent Armchair Theater in Observatory. I was
Africa for Dummies
Michael Kirkpatrick, the blogger known as International Global Citizen, has an idea: There is an amazing
Danny MacAskill plays Cape Town
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHLtVhTaZjA We're impressed. Like we were last year. (Via)
'The globe landed on Kenya'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n98Avp2Q8Qo Interesting concept. "Every issue AFAR Magazine chooses a destination at random - by literally spinning
The Global Imagination of James Baldwin
An interview with Rich Blint, a James Baldwin scholar. Biggest takeaway: Baldwin lamented the fragile human impulse for categorization.
Not in My Name
What’s it like seeing your work on display, only to realize it’s been taken over and remade by someone else to give a totally different meaning.
The Bronx, Ghana
From a New York Daily News story (from earlier this year) about Twi (Ghanaian language) courses
The Best African Movie
The Congolese film, Viva Riva, is no high-minded, French-funded “cinema” — it’s a gritty gangster film.