The Russian connection
Soviet cinema had a major impact on the narratives, styles, and tone of African filmmakers.
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'Afropolitans'
If in London next Friday. Press Statement from the Victoria and Albert Museum: On 24 June
The Struggle Continues
The extended Weekend Music Break honors June 16th, 1976, featuring music from young South African artists, many of whom gained recognition online.
Weekend Special, August 12
…it: it is not “a riot” nor entirely an insurrection): Jacobin on the looting; Gabriel Gbadamosi
'Days of Fire'
…I agree. Performed in 2008 with the London Undersound Orchestra the song is based on Natty’s
Africa gets new football kits
Puma created new kits for African teams ahead of the 2012 African Cup of Nations. At first sight, it looks exciting. Up close, the designers stuck to conservative.
New films roundup N°1
…and Saul Williams. Chris Rock has a cameo: http://vimeo.com/32544670 Then there’s “London River” about a Senegalese
There is nothing left in Alexandria
In Egypt, the revolutions of the present may, in the future, become the failed revolutions of the past.
The Branson Biennale for Morocco
…sister of Richard, Britain’s cheekiest billionaire — the festival publicity boasts it is the first trilingual
Golden Theater or Gutted Whore-house
The debates about the misrepresentation of Africa in the international art community as well as privileging diaspora artists over those working in the continent, rages on.
A French migration fairytale
A remarkable amount of new films in recent months have used migration, detention and illegal sea crossings as their subject matter.
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?
Coca-Cola can’t copyright colour: the art of Sokari Douglas Camp
…is on display at Tiwani Contemporary, in London. The Nigerian-British artist is well known for her
Where is contemporary African art? Not at Bonhams
Bonhams must have employed some jokers to publicise their latest attempt to cash in on the
Steve Bloom photographs 1970s Cape Town
The London Festival of Photography has opened, and one of its most appealing features is an
The Very Best Politics
What's the story with The Very Best's video for the single "Kondaine," where they teamed up with an American NGO and shot it in very rural Kenya.
The Photographs of Mary Beth Meehan
Mary Beth Meehan, an American photographer in the U.S. northeast photographs marginal people: immigrants and poor people, both black and white.
Utopia Unstuck
Africa-focused sci-fi films redirects science fiction so that it becomes a fissure in which new subjects can be seen and heard. One question, however, is who makes these films.
The most interesting bits
Kaleidoscope magazine has done an "Africa" issue; it wants to walk a fine line between identity politics and universalism.
Il Manifesto
Africans can draw uninformed conclusions about what’s going on in their own backyards and on the continent.