10 African films to watch out for
http://youtu.be/tLyhZlgWIpM This is a random selection of ten films we don't know much about, yet, but
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Tom Devriendt
Tom Devriendt was an editorial board member of Africa is a Country before there was an editorial board.
My favorite photographs N°4: Nana Kofi Acquah
My grandmother had a pub where wayfarers, fishermen, their wives, officers and anybody who had trouble
Silent Elections
http://vimeo.com/26876381 This is a bit older, but still worth watching. Above is a short clip from
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°16
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGset8Etl4o Above is how people keep warm in Johannesburg winters. And below is what you hope
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°15
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKvRnvP3jY8 Fofo-born Shokanti released a video this week in celebration of Cape Verdean Independence (slipping in
Africa Express: A Different Breed of Alternative Energy
Guest post by Rosie Spinks Hear the words ‘alternative energy in Africa’ and you might think
In North Kivu, R&B is pure art
http://vimeo.com/42715280 The text that comes with Agata Pietron's photographs of youth in Kiwanja and Rutshuru (North
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5ASWQDUzNQ Quite the mixed bag this week. 'Disco Malapaa' by Arusha's Jambo Squad above; nine more
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HyQCfTub0E Tchobari duo shot the video for 'Quem Mandou? (Me Nascer)' in Catambor, Luanda "to show
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°11
10 songs we've been listening to this week. First up -- and fresh -- Gaël Faye
War and peace in Côte d’Ivoire
By the end of 2004, Côte d'Ivoire’s civil war had cooled to a simmer, but the
The future of Françafrique
Is it France’s interests to reform its unequal, exploitative relationship with Africans?
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°9
Your weekly #musicbreak roundup. Mokobe and Oumou Sangare pray for peace in Mali: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqptS0Kt_Ns Yasiin Bey,
Exhibition. Cape Town in France
Cécile Mella (remember her portraits of the Cape Town ad world) will be showing her photography
Not the Caine Prize
Since 2004, Le Salon africain (part of the annual Geneva Book Fair) awards the Ahmadou Kourouma
Documentary–‘I am Malawi’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA6F553L17g 'I am Malawi' is a short documentary by Geert Veuskens and Pieter de Vos. (Part