Music Break. Dengue Fever
A lot of music we like don’t come from Africa. Like this one from Dengue Fever,
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Colonialism
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHK308_MTiU&w=600&h=373] A satirical film made by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1986. Worth seeing again. It
'Mapping Africa'
This is brilliant. The BBC, working with the Royal Geographical Society, has posted an audio slideshow
The View from Freetown
An interview with the Danish photographer Kim Thue about his work in Sierra Leone's capital.
Africa on Film: Out of Africa
Our film critic, Allison Swank, rewatches the 1985 film. Her verdict: "Out of Africa" is a media nostalgia piece for a time when whites ruled in Africa.
African Hospitality
The artist Andrew Putter make use of the past to construct images of how we might live together in the future.