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.
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Our African Cup of Nations 2013 predictions
…league pin is 9132137935284.) Group A Angola | Palancas Negras (Sable Antelopes) | Ranked 83 in
Afrique 3.0, Version 2.0
The French news magazine, Courrier International, did a special issue: "Afrique 3.0." We had a closer look. Is it any good?
A fictional portrait of a national dream
Cristina De Middel self-published book "The Afronauts," revisits the 1960s shortlived, abandoned project by Zambia's government to send the first African astronauts to Mars
In Search of the “African Middle Class”
Who would guess that a little over a decade ago Africa was mostly described as "the hopeless continent"?
Weekend Music Break 56
…retro-styled videos lately: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVUFju4tnWQ A Nomadic Wax production for Diamondog, an MC from Angola, currently based
Telling “the African story”
…corrupt practices is ludicrous. Look at Angola and the work of Rafael Marques de Morais through
The last space of cultural dynamism in Luanda’s baixa is no more
Angolans protest as the state threatens to tear down an historic building.
Guerilla-core or militant image? On Göran Olsson’s ‘Concerning Violence’
…times, visually lush. Here’s the trailer. The first chapter opens with a dramatic march through the
Why is this the story being told now?
The selective memory of 'Plot for Peace,' documentary film about South Africa's transition.
The Mercenary Playbook
Why do Western media outlets still fantasize that Apartheid's foot soldiers will be the ones to stop Boko Haram?
The US nostalgia for racist regimes in Africa
The terrorist Dylan Roof is by no means the first white American to find common cause with racist colonial regimes in Africa.
George Houser: US ally of African liberation struggles
An ally of a who’s who of revolutionaries like Patrice Lumumba, Amilcar Cabral, Oliver Tambo, and Kenneth Kaunda.
The Myth of the African travel writer
African travelers, it would seem, must still justify their movements across the planet (whether the motives be professional, economic or political).
Racial nationalism and the political imagination
The little-known story of how US-based Pan Africanists responded to white racism and a corrupt school system by founding their own schools in the 1960s and 1970s.
Africa is a Radio: Episode #18
…Soukura (Boddhi Satva Ancenstral Soul Remix) Indigenes – Da Hoti (Osunlade Yoruba Soul Mix) DRC Music