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Tom Devriendt

Tom Devriendt was an editorial board member of Africa is a Country before there was an editorial board.

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Tomorrow’s Marching Band

In the DRC, city life isn’t foremost defined by the image of the child soldier (contrary to what some campaigns would have you believe) but rather by that of the street child. Seen by many as a superfluous presence, a residue or a waste, street children become easy victims of gossip and accusations while at the same time, as a relatively new phenomenon, they are also hard to explain, ultimately turning into something of a danger and a threat that, according to all too many citizens, needs to be dealt with and ideally removed from the stuttering and improvisational city logics.

Music Break. Mokobe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd6W5jjOgRA Mokobe commentates on the actions of Rihannon, Naomi Campboule, Rachida Beckham and friends over a

Plenty Koko

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to4jZDaVHKo We didn't expect anything else: the video for FOKN Bois "Sexin Islamic Girls" goes all

Black Bazar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=841i137-CYg Alain Mabanckou’s 2009 novel Black Bazar spoke successfully to and about the African diaspora in