Weekend Links
…magazine reports this month: “… The absence of Ghanaian names in the visitors book [of the
500 Search Results for: Diaspora
Yar’Adua est mort
…media instead. Think Next, The Vanguard, The Punch and, of course, This Day. Same for its
From Now On*
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq_HP8mgT8A&w=500&h=307&rel=0] The video for Dutch hip hop group Zwart Licht‘s single “Vanaf Nu.” Via @Mustafa Maluka:
'Something to Believe'
[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/9002801 w=500&h=281] Rapper Blitz the Ambassador (representing for the Ghanaian diaspora and Brooklyn), featuring Tess, who
Review: ‘Héritage Congo’
…the addictive single ‘Anges Noir’). But this month he got us hooked to the Héritage project.
Ivorian independence
Côte d'Ivoire is turning 50 -- it became independent on August 7, 1960 -- and my Ivorian friend doesn't feel eager to celebrate.
The Truth Will Out
The United Nations just made public a report about human rights abuses committed by Rwandan troops against Hutu refugees in then-Zaire in 1996-1997.
Ethiopian Democracy Lesson
…Ethiopian diaspora along the east coast as well as it energetic blogosphere, especially the news and
Achille Mbembe’s Africa
if Africa wants to re-imagine itself it will have to look somewhere else than to Europe which “seems to be gripped by an enormous desire for apartheid.”
’10 things you can learn from a Nigerian’
“One in five Africans is Nigerian and they certainly represent throughout the Diaspora. Much of the
Moçambique Popular
Long before football blogging became commonplace and banal, Davy Lane wrote about football politics as a fan. Brilliantly.
Shemelis Desta
…and African diaspora photographers, takes over the Ethiopian capital. (The festival is curated by the young,
Swahili Cipher
African Hip Hop has been the number one hop site and radio show about hip hop culture on the continent for a few years.
The Murder of David Kato
This statement, signed by a group of African bloggers, including this site, was published a month after Ugandan LGBTQ activist David Katu's murder.
Dakar Modern
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWbSVS0AmtA] I’ve been wanting to post for a while now about the Digital Diaspora Family Reunion.
John Akomfrah in New York City
…a number of events planned around these two with the theme “The African Diaspora And/In The