Culture
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.
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.
The people of Blikkiesdorp
Photographer Lizane Louw chronicles the people of Blikkiesdorp, a temporary relocation camp on Cape Town's Cape Flats.
The Redemption of General Butt-Naked
A film about former Liberian child soldier, Joshua Milton Blahyi, adds to his celebrity and his reputation as a skilled manipulator.
Corner Shops and Arcade Games
In hoods in 1980s South Africa, 20-cent pieces were used to play the old bootleg arcade games at corner stores. It also inspired a clothing label.
Liberian identity for a new generation
Young people in Monrovia create a new music genre. Junior Freeman is at the heart of this musical revolution.
Lady Gaga lives in Lagos
Goldie’s allusions to madness typify a common theme present in the music of many of today’s successful female artists.
A nice saxophone solo
Pop culture is often at its best when it accurately reflects reality, so it’s no surprise that our music, like our history, is repeating itself.
Pretty in Pink
One in ten young people on Cape Town's Cape Flats finish high school. The highlight of their school career - and sometime their lives - is prom, known as the matric ball.
Jeremy Cronin’s Cape Town
The leftist and poet Jeremy Cronin speaks on identity politics and race in South Africa's second city, Cape Town.