Documentary: Fuelling Poverty in Nigeria
Kicking off with an introduction from Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, the short documentary Fuelling Poverty amounts
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Jared Thorne’s Black Folks
A black photographer who moved to South Africa from the US, explores the transcontinental dialogue between black middle class people the world over.
#GhanaDecides Playlist
Results of today’s parliamentary and presidential elections in Ghana are expected at the earliest by Sunday.
This is not Pantsula
Sbujwa is a South African dance described as a dance that requires every muscle in your body to work in order to complete the moves.
10 African films to watch out for, N°14
Documentary filmmakers are better at spreading the word about their new work on the web compared
Literary Sudans
The online retrospective, “Literary Sudans," is intended to highlight the two Sudans as sites of literature and culture.
The artist as citizen
An interview with Abdellah Karroum is the artistic director of the Biennale Regard Benin 2012, which premise is “Inventing the World: the Artist as Citizen.”
Africa and the Biennial: Regard Benin
In Africa “biennials are a difficult idea, conceptually as well as financially, to implement and sustain,”
Gaborone is not a bore
It might not be Dakar or Nairobi, but Gaborone certainly does not look empty.
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°27
Azonto and its growing global reaches… Somebody should write a book about it. ‘Tribal Azonto’ above:
Cape Town needs a visit from Anthony Bourdain
Foodyism and obscure ‘ethnic’ food are trendy these days. So, it is odd that South Africa hasn’t received more attention.
Film as Allegory
The thirteenth regular list of new films with African themes; it includes a number of films made exclusively for online consumption.
Why does South African history continue to be written primarily by white scholars?
The striking minority of black contributors in South African historiography is a scandal more than a decade after the end of apartheid.
My favorite photographs: Candace Feit
Feit, an American photographer, makes portraits or takes pictures of things she finds interesting and that aren't really applicable to an assignment she's on.
Just like in a science fiction movie
Black South Africans' concurrent lives of dread and poverty contradicted the commercialism and profits that went with 2010 World Cup.
When The Sartorialist went to Johannesburg
In South Africa, the most innovative fashion is not on the runway or at some "Fashion Week," but on the street.
Jonas Savimbi is a video game star
No surprise that the dead Angolan rebel leader, Jonas Savimbi, is a video game character; in life he was a media mastermind.
The Next James Bond
The Bond franchise has a white casting problem, but at least it has made peace with Britain and its institutions' marginal position within world affairs.
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°26
We should start numbering these bonus music breaks. First up, above, from Kenya: the Large Gang,
10 African films to watch out for, N°12
Here’s another list of 10 films in the making or already finished. Two long fiction features