Picture the Children
In December 2009 the photographer Emmanuel Andre and filmmaker Stephanie Wang Breal went on a trip
Johannesburg
Friday Links
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNWagG9U5Vg&w=500&h=300&rel=o] “Who is the President of the United States of America?” Side-splitting Nigerian comedy skit.
Africa on Film: Black Diamonds
Black Diamonds is a recently released short documentary by Dutch filmmaker, Saska Vredeveld (view the film
Postcard from Johannesburg
The photographer Krisanne Johnson believes you can learn many things about a country by the way youth live—from fashion to music to home environments.
Not Julius Malema's Youth League
[slideshow] I’ve blogged before (at my old blog address) about the Johannesburg fashion movement, The Smarteez.
Uju
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np72mq3M-9s&w=500&h=307&rel=0] I like the flow of this Johannesburg band, Uju (formerly known as Sound Republic). Their
Apartheid is a museum no one visits
How much do young South Africans, especially college students, know about their history? Not much, if these videos are any indication.
Traces of Bhekumuzi Luthuli
White South African and Americans musicians have borrowed heavily and built a careers off the Maskandi music pioneered by working class musicians like Luthuli.
Lifestyle TV
Parts of Johannesburg's inner city has been subjected to aggressive gentrification. It also comes with lots of mindless media.
Johannesburg’s Media World Cup
European media's lopsided attempts to make sense of South Africa ahead of the World Cup, continues.