A Postmodern Bricolage
What we learn from the film “Concerning Violence,” about Franz Fanon’s writings and ideas
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On Kwaito and Corporate (American) Hip Hop
In this episode of 'Office Conversations,' a few of us break down the blurred lines between kwaito, an indigenous South African pop genre, and hip hop.
Mythologies of the Future
Johannesburg artists investigate power and its structures to interrogate the invisible forces that create them and to imagine alternatives.
Thirty Days Of Joburg City
Rendani Nemakavhani (alias Missblacdropp) is a Johannesburg-based graphic designer and illustrator who initiated the collaborative project
Moment of Clarity, April 6, 2015: Nigerian (?) Soldiers Dance Skelewu
“Soldiers in Maiduguri, the embattled capital of Borno state, which has been under constant siege by
Boddhi Satva and Kaysha bring Congolese Music to the deep end
Boddhi Satva recently announced a very exciting collaboration between himself and international Zouk legend Kaysha. For those
New Muslim Youth Culture
Hisham Aidi’s book ‘Rebel Music' remixes race, faith, and geography
Typical Colombians
"Manos Sucias," produced by Spike Lee, is set in Buenaventura, Colombia’s biggest city on the Pacific Ocean and also the country’s biggest port. The city is 90% black.
The Rise of a Post-colonial University
In the last two weeks, students belonging to the #RhodesMustFall collective have rechristened and remade of
Googling “Jan van Riebeeck”? This is for you
Despite his negative legacy in South Africa, Van Riebeeck gets presented by some as someone locals should admire.
Memorializing all Kenya’s terror victims
"I want to go to a place ... where we can find the names of all those who have died for Kenya since 1963."--Binyavanga Wainaina.
How to Govern Nigeria
The historic change that happened with the election of General Muhammadu Buhari has hopefully set the country on a way to rethink its brand of federalism.