Beginning Workout
Talking about running: some ad people can make any city look good.
Media
Translating Angola
Why are certain kinds of war stories embraced by critics and go on to find an international audience, while other finely written stories do not?
The documentary imaginery
At the recent Film Africa film festival in London, the new Ethiopian feature film “Atletu” (The
Brakpan
Brakpan is a declining mining town east of Johannesburg in South Africa. Photographer Marc Shoul‘s images
This Generation of African Women Leaders
Dan Moshenberg has written guest posts for AIAC before and we’ve HT’d him a few times.
Africa’s media considered
What is the state of the media in Africa? And how is it dealing with perhaps the biggest emerging story continent-wide, the rise of the extractive sector?
Magnificent
Earlier this week ESPN won seven Sports Emmy Awards, including one for music during the 2010
The Coloureds Comics
We sent 5 questions to South African comic (or graphic) artists Nathan and Andre Trantraal, known collectively as the Trantraal Brothers.
Deep Roots Malawi
Gasper Nali is one of the musicians featured in the 2009 Deep Roots Malawi documentary. I
Anderson Cooper is in Egypt
Overheard: “At least he will introduce the Egyptians to the form-fitting black t-shirt.” “If the Egyptians
Africom Blues
Carl LeVan Guest Blogger An academic article I wrote in the current issue of the journal
Shameless Self Promotion: World Cup edition
Look out for a a special issue of African Journalism Studies on “The Fifa World Cup 2010
Music Break. Simphiwe Dana
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=829dg3GN7aM&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Does it matter whether we know where a music video was shot? Probably not, but
What do leftists make of Wikileaks?
Not everyone is so taken with what Wikileaks has wrought. I’d be curious to hear what
Moçambique Popular
Long before football blogging became commonplace and banal, Davy Lane wrote about football politics as a fan. Brilliantly.
Music Break
Last month, Mali’s trio SMOD (consisting of DJ Sam, Ousco and Donski) released a second single,
The Scramble for Vinyl
The trend among rare-groove DJs to make money of "discovering" and "rediscovering" old vinyl in Africa and then rereleasing the music under their own labels.
Flavor of the Month
The UK Observer, despite its best attempts, does not have its finger on the pulse of the South African literary scene. The World Cup didn't help.
Where is Angola?
A random terror attack on a football team gets media to pay attention to the conflict in Cabinda. In the process, they also expose their ignorance.