Parisian Africa
Younger generations of artists, many immigrants of African origin, are reconfiguring the arts in France on their own terms.
DRC
Tomorrow’s Marching Band
In the DRC, city life isn’t foremost defined by the image of the child soldier (contrary
Fabrice Muamba and English football
It's a shame that a player had to suffer from a heart attack to provoke feelings of belonging about him as a refugee and immigrant. It says something about Britain.
Undocumented Spanish News
Spanish media is skittish about reporting their country's discriminatory immigration policy. If they do, they mainly cover its positive exceptions.
Music Break. Gasandji
DRC born, France based Gasandji‘s “Na lingui yo.”
Black Bazar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=841i137-CYg Alain Mabanckou’s 2009 novel Black Bazar spoke successfully to and about the African diaspora in
What was Dikembe Mutombo thinking
Mutombo, a former NBA star, seems in way over his head in a diamond scam. But some of the allegations cited in media reports don't add up.
Witchcraft and the British Media
Can a belief be condemned as immoral? Or must we accept cultural difference, and merely condemn the acts that follow as a consequence?
Serge Ibaka Has No Country
We don't blame people those who can't figure out their DRC from their ROC or their Kinshasa from their Brazzaville.
Very African and Very Modern
Congolese artists Konono N°1 and Baloji collaborated by merging “traditional” sounds from Africa's biggest country with hip hop.
Colonial Fantasies
Just a sample: A "Heart of Darkness"-themed ship, Tarzan in South Africa and a travelogue on the Congo River.
Music Break. Friday Bonus Edition
Ploughing through the blog’s archives to come up with a fair selection of ten videos for
The ‘safest option’ in Congo
For all the huffing and puffing in the West about the DRC’s cooked elections — President
Congo votes
Over the past week, it was hard to find an article published in a major international
Music Break. Friday Bonus Edition, N°1
Girl Power is big among female West African pop singers. Or so recent music videos suggest.
Tupac Shakur in Africa
Tupac Shakur's intensity did not just appeal to just young people in the United States, but also on the continent.
'The Best African Movie'
Last week the Congolese film “Viva Riva” won “The Best African Movie“* award at the MTV
This is about Congo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK0dfuAWDIQ ABC News on Ben Affleck’s “time with the people of Congo” and his “odd couple”
Tintin in Congo
Earlier this year, the Congolese government declared European development commissioner Karel De Gucht persona non grata