L’Afrique Est Un Pays
This past October was the Dutty Artz crew’s 6 year anniversary, so we decided to celebrate by
Sierra Leone
Weekend Special N°1002
Here’s a couple of links we’ve bookmarked for reading and watching this week. Chadian director Mahamat
Mining the Body
What can the photographs of American anthropologist Danny Hoffman tell us about Sierra Leone and Liberian mineworkers or about mining in West Africa?
Can African Heads of State Speak?
These days, well-behaved African heads of state are rewarded by Barack Obama with the chance to
General Focus of Freetown
This summer I received an email from my friend Anusha about a young inventor in Freetown. The story really
How to write about children in Africa
In early October this year, PBS released the documentary ‘Half the Sky’, based on the book
The Indelible Mark of the Mbira
The thumb piano has made somewhat of a resurgence in contemporary pop music partly because of the international stardom of groups like Konono N˚1.
Interrupting Paris Fashion Week
I wasn’t given very much information. Stumbling into the secretive meeting I’d been invited to, an
The Verdict on Charles Taylor–Take 2
“Liberians decry ‘mockery of justice’ in Charles Taylor verdict” is a piece by Geoffrey York in Canada’s Globe and Mail that portrays a country outraged by
The verdict on Charles Taylor
A comment on the enigmatic, and ambivalent, presence of Charles Taylor in Liberia close to ten years after he left the country in 2003.
Shameless Self-Promotion
So I released an album this week, and shot my first ever music video for it
Salone Got Riddim
AIAC contributor Anni Lyngskaer just posted this short video showcasing the rhythm of daily life in Sierra
The Bubu Ambassador
We’ve posted on Janka Nabay, the Bubu King from Sierra Leone now creating his music on
Selling Freetown
Kieran Hanson’s documentary “Shooting Freetown” is a short glimpse into the lives of various media creators
Sorie Kondi wants to go to Texas
A small team of folks (including myself) are trying to help raise funds to get Sorie
You need Nicholas Kristof
By Dan Moshenberg O my friends, there is no friend! If you’re an African girl in
National Pride
I’ll take any excuse to post about football. Fifa, football’s world controlling body, announced the latest
Tupac Shakur in Africa
Tupac Shakur's intensity did not just appeal to just young people in the United States, but also on the continent.
The Commonwealth Writers' Prize
I saw this. Noted it and forgot about it. Then I was reminded by Afro Europe
Sierra Leone’s Own TV
An interview with the founders of a media center providing technical, artistic and vocational support to filmmakers in Freetown.