Music Break. YaoBobby ft. Fredy Massamba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFIOwmypmwk There’s a fast growing collection of cross-over hip hop songs produced by Central and West
500 Search Result(s) for: “Diaspora”
On Brand Nigeria
A quick read of comments to recent posts defending gay rights, point to how deep-seated and widespread homophobia is in Nigeria.
Pushing African music into the future
The Austria-based Ghanian singer, Anbuley, shows a willingness to jump on unconventional beats.
Introducing Angolan singer Aline Frazão
Aline Frazão resists Lisbon media's pigeon-holing practices of post-colonial Portuguese paternalism.
London calling … to the faraway towns of Somalia
…‘forgotten’, they were excluded. They were all excluded, from shopkeepers, like Faduma Aden Mohamud; Diaspora activists
Letter to the Republic
The duplicity of France's ruling classes preoccupy most of this week's entry - number 10 - of Paris Is a Comment.
Black Bazar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=841i137-CYg Alain Mabanckou’s 2009 novel Black Bazar spoke successfully to and about the African diaspora in
The Branson Biennale for Morocco
…in Paris and New York’. Such goals are surely positive, as the ongoing debate into African
Mali’s coup—First Thoughts
A few things are worth saying about the mutiny and the coup that rocked Bamako over the last few days.
Mali’s Democracy–Down but not out
Is the adoption of a new constitution by Mali's military regime a starting point for getting the soldiers back under civilian rule? Let’s game this out a little bit.
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°6
Mali’s on our mind. Mostly because of the confusion. Reports from Bamako abound, while there’s still
Coup d’Etat is the New Black
Military takeovers are happening so quickly and so fast in Africa, and instapundits need back facts. We are here to help. Here are some basic facts about Guinea-Bissau, site of the latest coup d'etat.
The ‘Swedish Cake’ artist explains himself
Makode Linde calls his approach Afromantics: it use the blackface to show the connection between stereotypes, part of the same system of oppression.
Shameless Self-Promotion: Chief Boima’s Many Identities
…and I have linked up to try and establish a permanent home for people of all
Sierra Leone Independence Day
…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXSWe0V4VMA Sierra Leoneans are active in the diaspora too. Like Janka and the Bubu Gang: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBRobRddHaA
Not the Caine Prize
…from accessing a Francophone world of imagination that spans more than a quarter of the African
The BET Awards do Africa
What are the cultural implications of the success of individual African artists in particularly U.S. mainstream media and award shows?
Congo Gold
Congolese-Belgian MC, Baloji: "In Congo, we had gold, but we turned it to something that had no value because we didn’t treat our country with the right respect."
Akin Omotoso’s Country
A recurring theme in director Akin Omotoso's films is the fraught postapartheid relationship between Nigerian migrants and their South African hosts.
When Bob Marley went to Africa
Bob Marley, like many other Rastas, also shared a desire to visit the African continent or, if possible, to live there.