Found Objects, No. 13
…video–with its Cold War and anti-colonial images–contributes to that myth I suppose. Instead, the song was
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'Political Art'
…art and politics. And so, an industry has come of age. There are academic programmes devoted
'Mapping Africa'
…exhibited at “Rediscovering African Geographies” at the Royal Geographical Society in London between 22 March –
Rebecca Black Incorporated
…May. Then there’s Costa Theodorou aka Stony Boy, “a Swazi hip hop artist who moved to Cyprus
'The Journey'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQs-fPhlSnU New track and video, above, for “O Caminho” (The Journey) by London-based rappers Mohammed Yahya
Oliver Hermanus at Cannes
…controlled life.” I like the film language of Hermanus (he studied film at the University of
Prince Amukamara of New York
…of course a certain wedding in London, was enough for some New York media to go
What’s So Funny
Tracing the origins and development of newspaper cartooning in South Africa, and its political place.
Teaching about the world beyond America’s shores
The global financial crisis is real, and its consequences are grave. It should not, however, be the reason for a US government to retreat from global engagement, especially education exchanges.
The Minister of Finance
…is currently on show in London (at the Victoria & Alibert Museum as part of a
Sarah Palin is going to Sudan
The main reaction to Palin is to mock her, but the problem is someone like her got those close to the most powerful office globally. That should scare us.
Jeremy Cronin’s Cape Town
The leftist and poet Jeremy Cronin speaks on identity politics and race in South Africa's second city, Cape Town.
Tartan Army
Kathleen Madden, in Artforum, on Zwelethu Mthethwa’s 2010 series “The Braves Ones,” showing through July 17th
It is the time for summer lists
A few of those things we missed, tweeted or could not get to this past week.
Weekend Special, July 17
…time as a graduate student in London. So I was sad to read in this weekend’s
The Planet of Hip Hop
One of the founders of Cape Town rap music label, Pioneer Unit Records, talks about the local hip hop scene, talks about the coloured Afrikaans and Xhosa rap scene there.
The Bang Bang Club
Journalists in South Africa are picking up on how the film, "The Bang Bang Club," treats some of the Bang Bang Club's black colleagues. And other Weekend Specials.
Nicolas Jaar covers Abdullah Ibrahim
From May this year: “… an unrehearsed, first-take cut” of Nicolas Jaar‘s remix (recorded in London)
Karl Marx Was Right
The mainstream is waking to the prescience of the old man's ideas.
Take me to your leader: Babatunde Fashola
The Governor of Lagos has larger ambitions than just governing Nigeria's and probably Africa's most vibrant megacity.