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.
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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 is Brilliant
British filmmaker John Akonfrah will be artist-in-residence this Spring at New York University's Institute of African American Affairs.
Music Break
…scale they blend a selection of Nubian ‘songs of return’ from the 1970s-today with original material
'The Black Image In An Era Of Globalization'
…Distribution; Ava DuVernay (U.S.), director/filmmaker, I Will Follow; Tambay Obenson (Nigeria/U.S.) of Shadow and Act: On
The Belgian Color Bar
The filmmaker hopes Congolese in Belgium can be given a stage to offer their own history and projections of Congo.
When it hits, you feel no pain
Music and politics are often intimate partners in society, whether an artist consciously connects them. What role does music play in the politics of today's world?
Paul Kagame Spins Youtube
Paul Kagame is a skilled media operator. Sending unprepared interviewers his way, is not how to do journalism.
F***yesafricans
…in the diaspora since many posts are about generational conflict. Some posts seem like cathartic complaints
Weekend Special, July 17
…– 29th) in Dumbo, the Summer African Diaspora International Film Festival (Aug 12 – Aug 22)
August 5, Burkina Faso
Upper Volta became independent on this day in 1960. In 1984, Thomas Sankara changed its name to Burkina Faso.
Making a fool out of himself
Through his internet show, "What's Up Africa!," Ikenna Azuike delivers incisive commentary on media and cultural politics with irreverence and humor.
Independence August
…Brazzaville artists like Bisso Na Bisso and Freddy Massamba carry the flag of Brazzaville pride in
Funky Liberia
…migration, Surprising Europe. It’s nice to see such a strong entry coming in from the Liberian
Independence Day in Guinea
…as being the big star. But that’s because Paris lies somewhere in between here and Guinea.