The new auteur in South African cinema
An Interview with film director Oliver Hermanus, who has made "Skoonheid," a film about homophobia, sexual violence and white Afrikaner masculinity. Hermanus is a coloured and black director.
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Chief Boima plays Lincoln Center
He’s not just a blogger. This Sunday, August 7, at Lincoln Center DJ Chief Boima, who
August 3, Niger
Let’s celebrate Niger’s independence day with a recording of Omara “Bombino” Moctar, whose story of exile
Cape Doctor
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Muthoni The Drummer Queen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywfyv5fdgM4 Your Music Break: from Nairobi. Via Kate Bomz
Vargas Llosa in Congo
Not sure whether Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa’s new novel, El Sueño del Celta (The Dream
Simphiwe Dana and Mthwakazi
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjyibxWzWkA&w=600&h=373] Your Music Break: Simphiwe Dana, live, singing in Xhosa, accompanied by another South African singer, Mthwakazi,
August 1, Benin
Maybe not the most popular artist in Benin today, but the country’s independence day is a
Music Break / Ana Tijoux
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1jFThFnGTY&w=600&h=373] Last week in Bolinas, CA, my friend, Kora McNaughton (she lives in Santiago), got me
The Bang Bang Club
Journalists in South Africa are picking up on how the film, "The Bang Bang Club," treats some of the Bang Bang Club's black colleagues. And other Weekend Specials.
July 26, Liberia
The oldest republic in Africa, Liberia–formed in 1847–celebrates its independence today. Chances are Dumyarea, the song we
The Planet of Hip Hop
One of the founders of Cape Town rap music label, Pioneer Unit Records, talks about the local hip hop scene, talks about the coloured Afrikaans and Xhosa rap scene there.
Music Break / The Plastics
Music video for the Cape Town band, The Plastics. They worked with Gordon Raphael, who also produces
Spinning in Gauteng
Journalist/photographer Chris Parkinson, who lives in Johannesburg, has shot this short film about car spinning in
Mandela's heirs
The documentary “Dear Mandela,” about three young leaders of a shack dwellers movement in Durban, South
The people of Blikkiesdorp
Photographer Lizane Louw chronicles the people of Blikkiesdorp, a temporary relocation camp on Cape Town's Cape Flats.
Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela
South Africa’s first democratic president is 93 years old today. The artwork is a collaboration between
Ken's Song
Some rural flavor from Hambale, Zambia. Filmed by David Tree. H/T: Adrian Bischoff.
Hillywood
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD2ZHiGmws8&w=600&h=373] The program of selected films and documentaries for this year’s Rwanda Film Festival going down
'The last photo before leaving'
Kwa Heri Mandima (Goodbye Mandima) is a short film by the French-Dutch director Robert-Jan Lacombe doing