Uju
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np72mq3M-9s&w=500&h=307&rel=0] I like the flow of this Johannesburg band, Uju (formerly known as Sound Republic). Their
Culture
Boers and Bantus
Vintage clips, from 1961, of Nelson Mandela, ZK Matthews, Helen Joseph, among others, on a Dutch TV program talking liberation from white supremacy.
The Rape of Africa
Celebrity photographer David LaChapelle chose Naomi Campbell to represent how Africa is raped for its resources. Did it work?
Zaki Ibrahim, 'Daylight'
Live video for “Daylight” by Canadian singer Zaki Ibrahim shot in central Cape Town as part
America? Begging in Nigeria!
A white woman begging in Lagos's popular Mushin Market. Turns out it is a performance piece.
Weekend Links
Things I have read quickly, seen or watched, listened to, been forwarded, did not really have
Rankin does South Africa
British fashion photographer Rankin sets out on 'his own personal journey' to understand South Africa. The result is actually quite good.
Afrikaners
The first group of people who called themselves Afrikaners were Orlams people, who would be called coloured in South Africa today.
Teargas
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt6otC_a_ZY&w=480&h=295] The video for the first single, “Go Away,” off the album “Dark or Blue” by
Toto meets Mango Groove
FIFA and the South African organizers of the World Cup unveiled the official World Cup tune: It's called "Waka Waka."
'Every single day is hot in Mozambique'
[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/10636093 w=500&h=281] I want to see more of this film: The slam poet, Capela, is shown
People's Culture
[vodpod id=Video.3322857&w=450&h=370&fv=] Priceless footage of 1980s Community Arts Project in Durban, which, according to one of
The music video is not dead
An incendiary piece of video art, more like a short film–of raids, profiling and state terrorism–done
Sleeping Dogs
The poetry of Ronelda Kamfer sheds light on the still marginalized lives of South Africa’s “brown communities.”
Film director Shelley Barry @ NYU
An Evening with Shelley Barry Wednesday, April 28, 2o1o At the next disTHIS!, South African filmmaker
I don’t have money to buy US$6 million paintings
Marlene Dumas, the South African-born artist whose work is sought by important collectors, keeps a blacklist that prevents those she views as turning over her works too quickly from buying additional works by her and other news.
Guru, 1963-2010
The brilliant rapper Guru, who also recorded as Gang Starr (with his music partner, the equally
Kon and Amir goes to Africa
Next week (April 26), Brooklyn’s Kon and Amir will release “Off Track Vol III: Brooklyn, ”
Timeless
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjddFpAp6z0&w=480&h=295] This blog does not waste any opportunities to post visuals of Mulatu Astatke performing. Via
Tribeca Film Festival
I am tired of doing this. Because it is getting predictable. The top-heavy and scattered Tribeca