Cinema of disquiet
Alain Resnais and Chris Marker’s 1953 film “Statues also die” should be appreciated more for how it challenged European, especially French, approaches to African art.
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Tom Devriendt
Tom Devriendt was an editorial board member of Africa is a Country before there was an editorial board.
New Documentaries To Look Out For at the Luxor African Film Festival
The third edition of the Egyptian Luxor African Film Festival again has a wide-ranging programme scheduled
A Ton of New African Films Screening at The International Film Festival Rotterdam
This year's International Film Festival of Rotterdam has a big selection of new African films scheduled.
Don’t tell anyone
New music videos from Tanzania, Senegal, South Africa, Cameroon, Mali, Congo, and Ghana, make up Weekend Music Break Number 66.
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There's plenty to choose from what musicians have been releasing during the holidays. So here's a
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10 new music videos from Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Kenya, Mali, Burundi (via Belgium), South Africa and Nigeria
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Your weekly collection of new tunes and videos -- this week from Zambia, Ghana, Jamaica, Mali, South Africa and the Netherlands, but first: Congo. This year's Salaam Kivu International Film Festival (SKIFF), which took place in Goma in July, had as its theme "Agizo ya Lumumba -- Justice". The festival's program included film screenings and dance/media/music workshops around the Justice theme and the following video by the same title, featuring Doris, Dak2, Black Man, DMD, BIN-G, Babu, Wanny S-king, Dj Couleur, M-Chris, Nathan, Jobson Madibo, Darsana, Fal-G, Gaius Kowene and Willy Ston, is a great product of that.
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Oddisee (real name: Amir Mohamed El Khalifa; he has a Sudanese dad) is on tour in
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Your weekly dose of 10 new music videos. First up, from Kenya, Muthoni The Drummer Queen's
The rains down in Africa
Why is Toto’s ‘Africa,” a song with ridiculous lyrics, so popular with everyone? It has to be the melody and the hook.
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Three South African videos to start with. Cape Town rapper Youngsta moves between the city's neigbourhoods
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When Tendai Maraire broke down his Chimurenga Renaissance mixtape for us last year, he said about
The Ship of Oblivion
Weekend Break Number 52 feature, among others, Buika, TV On The Radio, Alex Lomani, Ill Skillz, Tamikrest and Stromae.
5 New Films to Watch Out For, N°30
From the director and singer-actors of the 2005 film U-Carmen eKhayelitsha comes a new "opera" film.
5 New Films to Watch Out For, N°29
Nègre Blanc ("White Negro"), director Cheikh N'diaye's new film about albinism, in which he tackles rumors, stereotypes and misconceptions through the eyes of Cameroonian storyteller Léonard de Semnjock, is one of the five films on our list this week.
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Electrique DJs, Fena Gitu and Jaaz Odongo have the perfect Summer tune for you. Technically, we'll
5 New Films to Watch Out For, N°28
Here's another pick of five interesting-looking new films that have come out recently. Born This Way is
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Here's your weekly round-up of new videos and tunes to get the weekend started. First up,
The ZAM Chronicle: an online investigative magazine on and from Africa
This month sees the launch of The ZAM Chronicle, a new monthly online investigative magazine with
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Weekend Special: The premiere of Mahamat Saleh Haroun’s new film “Grigris” and the cover art for the Dutch translation of Binyavanga Wainaina’s memoir, among others.