Sunday Bonus Music Break, N°8
Since Friday's Special was reserved to Sierra Leone -- and for archival purposes -- here's your
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Tom Devriendt
Tom Devriendt was an editorial board member of Africa is a Country before there was an editorial board.
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°7
Nowadays we're doing multiple #musicbreaks on Twitter and Facebook when the spirits move us. We figured we'd
Walking on water
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3QJ_wOUxig From the Otelo Burning soundtrack (we still owe the soundtrack a review), here's 'Walk on
The World of Congolese artist Pume Bylex
In the introduction to The World According to Bylex, Filip De Boeck and Koen Van Synghel
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°6
Mali's on our mind. Mostly because of the confusion. Reports from Bamako abound, while there's still
The Road Down to ‘Africa’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvzZ4yShtog I never understood why E-Type's 2002 smash hit 'Africa' didn't really catch on outside Sweden.
Tinariwen speaks on the coup in Mali
Tuareg musicians Tinariwen, on tour in Europe these days, spent some time in Belgium this weekend.
Cheikh Amadou Bamba Day
For over two decades, West African Muslims from the Murid Sufi Brotherhood come together at the
French Tropicalism
When it comes to engaging with French language opinions and writings in English, it’s a desert out there.
Music Break. Rabbit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OMHfmP_Mig Kenyan artist Rabbit is working hard to get the word out about his new album
Cabinda is a Conflict Zone
Think tanks love to paint maps, often accompanied by short descriptions of the different crises a
My favorite photographs N°2: Scott Williams
South African photographer Scott Williams is the second guest in our new weekly series. He has,
Found Objects N°21
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQb5qJRy0QY German singer-songwriter Joy Denalane (born to a South African father who's a cousin of Hugh
Music Break. Szjerdene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5AYK-MilVM Londoner Szjerdene's Blue Lullaby. Her music is produced by Glenn Nichols, while the video was
Soweto Soul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhyqJb0VZtQ What better way to start the week than with some a cappella soul courtesy of
Paolo Patrizi’s photographs of ‘shrines to the shortcomings of globalization’
Italian photographer Paolo Patrizi says about his work on the "Italos": I used landscape shots to