Vincent Moon’s Portraits of Ethiopian Music
Post by Addis Rumble * “Ethiopia is an island,” Vincent Moon explains. The French filmmaker has
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Tom Devriendt was an editorial board member of Africa is a Country before there was an editorial board.
Weekend Music Break N°32
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bogqBbx-33o Friday/Weekend Bonus Music Breaks got side-tracked a bit lately because of the Afcon fever. Good
Photographer Mário Macilau’s Portraits of the “Forgotten” Elderly
On display this month at the Centro Cultural Franco-Moçambicano in Maputo are Mozambican photographer Mário Macilau's
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4bYGpOWoQ4 Let's start our weekly round-ups of new music videos this year with some bangers. Representing
10 Albums You Might Have Missed in 2012
Janka Nabay, Ben Zabo, Sinkane, Jagwa Music, Kanyi, Youssoupha, Kyle Shepherd, Ebo Taylor, Karantamba and Francis Bebey.
Weekend Music Break, N°29
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=301NtFqV5SI Here's a resolution for the new year: to feature more Togolese pop. If you don't
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°28
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5f_KAkAIWI Kuduro pioneer Sebem (fresh out of prison; he was in for repeated traffic violations, from
10 African films to watch out for, N°15
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvF-sDfO_wU The Professor is a fiction film by Tunisian director Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud. Synopsis: Tunis 1977.
10 African films to watch out for, N°14
http://vimeo.com/50370012 Documentary filmmakers are better at spreading the word about their new work on the web
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°27
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mkrhoILrK0 Azonto and its growing global reaches... Somebody should write a book about it. 'Tribal Azonto'
10 films to watch out for, N°13
http://vimeo.com/53588479 Ladies' Turn is a documentary film by Hélène Harder about a team of Senegalese women
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°26
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfwAY64UX8o We should start numbering these bonus music breaks. First up, above, from Kenya: the Large
10 African films to watch out for, N°12
Here's another list of 10 films in the making or already finished. Two long fiction features
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWwbE50GR6A This summer's Fuse ODG #ANTENNADANCE competition ("one person controlling the other using azonto movements") courtesy
10 African films to watch out for, N°11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_6fAI5pGcg And by 'African' we mean -- made by African or diaspora directors, Africa-themed, or set
Stripping back the facade of modern hip-hop to reveal its African roots
Tendai Maraire of Shabazz Palaces breaks down his ‘Pungwe’ mixtape for us.