Struggles over memory in South Africa
Revisionism pervades popular culture in South Africa now, coloring our perception of the past.
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Sodade
Meaning is elusive in Cape Verde, but it does result in an existential limbo conducive to creeping, fretful madness.
Take The A Train
…said that Angolan House is one of the genres I’m most excited about. Benjamin Lebrave points
On Safari
…posting short missives on our Facebook page. We’ll be back on September 3rd. Till then we
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°17
…look forward to South African artist Jaak’s Galant album: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsxTZU_cEDY Aline Frazão plays an accoustic version
Discovering a country through film
Number 3 in our series of short descriptions of ten new African films to watch out for.
10 films to watch out for, N°9
…from 2011 but only recently surfaced at international film festivals. As yet, no English subtitles either:
10 African films to watch out for, N°12
…elders, a portrait emerges of this unique place”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdmiVF6_Pco Outros Rituais Mais ou Menos is a
When The Sartorialist went to Johannesburg
In South Africa, the most innovative fashion is not on the runway or at some "Fashion Week," but on the street.
The artist as citizen
An interview with Abdellah Karroum is the artistic director of the Biennale Regard Benin 2012, which premise is “Inventing the World: the Artist as Citizen.”
Weekend Music Break, N°29
…Keeps Angola Going”; they interviewed AIAC’s Marissa Moorman for it. Next, from Uganda: Vampino and friends
Why does the BBC care what FW de Klerk thinks?
It's 2012 and FW de Klerk still thinks Apartheid had been beneficial to its black victims. Yet global media treats him like an analyst on South African politics.
Rap Comes Home
…and Angola are not the only ones where youth music are taking a central role in
Afcon 2013 Preview: Can Zambia’s Chipolopolo do it again?
…won a single match in all the friendlies that they have played so far, losing to
The Boys are doing it
South Africa's Bafana Bafana, the hosts, has to make it out of the group stage of the 2013 African Cup of Nations for this tournament to be deemed a success.
Afcon 2013 Preview: Drogba’s last chance of Nations Cup glory with Côte d’Ivoire
…his run as Côte d’Ivoire coach in 2010) used to say in his Yugsolav flavoured French