Finding the Afro- in Brazil
Last week I wrote a post about my excitement around the African musical permutations I was
Brazil
Going to the Mall in Brazil
Since last December, Brazilian shopping malls have become the stage for a new style of youth
Black Brazilian
“Brazilian” is not a race and life in Brazil is still black and white. Black people hardly benefit from Brazilian-ness.
The Big Boss
Stephen Keshi’s success as Nigeria's national men's soccer team coach, will perhaps encourage more African countries to look closer to home for coaching salvation.
Hollywood Pelé
The news that a major studio is bankrolling a film about the Brazilian Pele, contender for greatest player of all time.
What are the “unintended consequences of Dutch colonialism”?
In their documentary installation piece “Empire: The unintended consequences of colonialism,” filmmaker team Eline Jongsma and
Jogo Bonito
Preparations for the 2014 World Cup have served as a trigger for what may become a major political and social movement in Brazil.
Weekend Music Break, N°35
We hardly ever feature Brazilian music, and even less their take on Afrobeat. The above tune by
The Blue Kenyan
We may not all love Chelsea Football Club (John Terry, their klepto-petro-billionaire owner, John Terry, the
Friday Music Break, N°12
I’m taking over the Friday music break this week. First up, the prolific Azonto producer E.L.
Car Commercials and Primitive Peoples
It could have been just another dull TV ad featuring an Inca boy, Maori warriors, or
Mapo do mundo
Remember the Mapping Stereotypes Project and the Afrographique project? (The former maps popular national stereotypes from
(Re)construções
Lawrence Lemaoana is one of 13 South African artists selected by curator Daniella Géo for the
Obrigado, Pelé
A short film imagines what if Pele, who can claim to be the G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time), scored his final international goal against Argentina, Brazil's greatest rival.
Timeless
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjddFpAp6z0&w=480&h=295] This blog does not waste any opportunities to post visuals of Mulatu Astatke performing. Via
The Full-Back
I am still on my pre-World Cup binge. Brazil remains odds on favorites to win Africa’s