Bilingual MC’s
On 'Super Mc', a group of rappers (Omar Offendum, Lou Piensa, Ceschi, Jarabe Del Sol, M.O.A,
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Tom Devriendt
Tom Devriendt was an editorial board member of Africa is a Country before there was an editorial board.
Marrakech Biennale looks North
Kicking off this week is the 4th Marrakech Biennale. The opening days will see performances, debates,
Music Break. Cabo Snoop
http://youtu.be/pAa8wYe0XbA An older Cabo Snoop tune (kuduristas in Angola and elsewhere have been dancing to 'Zagala'
BBC’s Special Focus on Africa
To mark 80 years of international broadcasting, the BBC World Service is hosting a day of
Music Break. Vincent Segal & Ballaké Sissoko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1k7QO3_U8E French cellist Vincent Segal and kora master Ballaké Sissoko (from Mali) recorded the 2009 'Chamber
Music Break. Molare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzEIlNEbzpE Some fresh coupé-décalé from Molare.
A Spaza Shop Job
Postapartheid South African music culture is one big cut and paste job.
The sound of Joburg label Iapetus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuYn-GhQLW0 From Zetina Mosia's upcoming album "The RoundAbout", this track: 'Lately'. We've said this before, but
Friday Music Bonus Edition
It's a mixed bag this week. Kenyan artist Ato Malinda created a video for one of
Rare: Conscious Kwaito
http://youtu.be/1uxP28i7U8k South African kwaito house with an explicit message: we don't get to hear it often.
Sindiso Nyoni’s Riot Art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Gjs64tz8w Short recent video profile by VOA's Nico Colombant of the Zimbabwean artist, illustrator and designer
Do people believe ex-prisoners can change their ways?
http://youtu.be/fhlR7EOHnws That was the question asked to people in Cape Town, South Africa, by the Prison
The Tour of Rwanda
A series by photographer Mjrka Boensch Bees about the 2011 cycling tour in Rwanda. (Remember Philip
Spoek Mathambo’s World
The Soweto-born rapper-producer talks his biography and his influences.
Friday Music Bonus Edition
So drawn into the video (a plethora of faces, personalities and historic moments) Atlanta trio Algiers
The Beatles, Black Sabbath and Africa in 2050
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaiZn2VYKbs No that's not a stadium rock concert, it's the musical references in the introduction to