Tsofa: A documentary film about Congolese immigrants in Romania
Congolese (Brazzaville) filmmaker Rufin Mbou Mikima has uploaded* his latest documentary “Tsofa” to YouTube. The film
immigrants
The Dutch Media Drama
Why is a photo of an empathetic group of young Dutch Moroccans visiting a concentration camp being used to illustrate so many stories in which Moroccans are a "problem"?
The Other Afripolitans
Malitia Malimob, rap music and the less glamorous stories of African migration to the United States.
Have a Nice Trip
How does it feel to be an African asylum seeker in Europe.
A certain Israeli psyche
Israel's Interior Minister, Eli Yishai basically says Israel was a white country in a debate about African immigrants and refugees.
African Asylum Seekers in Israel
Guest Post by Anonymous* If you follow current headlines, you may have noticed a seemingly new
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?
Film: “Imagining Emanuel”
Leo Goldsmith and Rachael Rakes, film editors at Brooklyn Rail, write about the documentary film “Imagining
Inbox
It has come to this. Don’t focus too much on the ‘your scholarship’ line. An email
There’s more to Staten Island than ‘Mob Wives’ and Wu Tang Clan
Photographer Glenna Gordon, no stranger to AIAC, is working on a new project in Staten Island,
Dakar Hustle
http://vimeo.com/20927993 Video for spoken word from Senegalese rapper Keyti–remember him? Keyti was one of the stars
Return to the Motherland
From the late 1950s, emigration to independent Africa became a feasible option for African Americans tired of U.S. racial segregation. After Apartheid, South Africa became too.
'Coming to America'
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'Moore Street'
http://vimeo.com/10523895
Short Films: The African Immigrant Life in New York City
For the final assignment of a class I teach on Media and Africa at The New
Europe’s Apartheid
In a recent interview on French television to promote his new book “Sortir de la Grande
Jimmy Mubenga is Dead
Dan Moshenberg, Guest Blogger Jimmy Mubenga came to England seeking asylum, seeking life. According to his
The music video is not dead
An incendiary piece of video art, more like a short film–of raids, profiling and state terrorism–done
Apartheid in Arizona
What’s up with John McCain’s home state? The state legislature has just passed an immigration law
Illegal or Dead
Sorious Samura joined African migrants trying to make it to Europe for menial jobs and loneliness.