I Remember Black Pete
Blackface character, Zwarte Piet, is celebrated in Europe's Low Countries. The author writes about a childhood with Zwarte Piet in Belgium.
Culture
Global Genre Accumulation
If there's an underground dance scene or marginalized community nearby, Diplo or some DJ like him has or probably will "discover," re-frame, and sell it to audiences in another part of the world.
Fathers, men and brothers
The third in my series of musical breaks from Paris, France, features L'Algerino, Nessbeal, Corneille and La Fouine.
Black France
The presence of black people in France spans the last three centuries.
Anton Kannemeyer’s Africa
How meanings, symbolism, and narratives of “other” places and products shift when contextualized within and against South Africa.
Watch The Throne
South African Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) released his new album Motswafrika. It comes complete with its own politics.
Let the music
Hinda Talhaoui, originally from Paris but based in Brooklyn, drops the second of her posts highlighting the music of her hometown.
Die Antwoord’s At It Again
How long will be tolerate South African rappers, Die Antwoord's racist and homophobic antics?
Of blood, tears, ink and screen
The birth of a promising publication, WARSCAPES. Let’s support and wish them long life.