Weekend Music Break 44
Here’s your weekly round-up of new videos and tunes to get the weekend started. First up,
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Rick Ross is a Country
Rick Ross has since deleted a tweet about landing "in the beautiful country of Africa." He deserved all the scorn. He's been to three African countries already and should know.
Weekend Music Break, N°43
It’s been far too long since we had a music break. So without too many words,
The flag-bearers of dub in South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa, has been undergoing somewhat of an electronic music revival over the past
Pan-African Twerking
That South Africa has a "Pro Twerk Team" may seem like a great opportunity to see twerking from a new, non-American perspective. Or to throw shade.
Papers in order
Weekend Special: The premiere of Mahamat Saleh Haroun's new film "Grigris" and the cover art for the Dutch translation of Binyavanga Wainaina's memoir, among others.
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Gata Misteriosa and Lee Bass (the Mozambican-Portuguese-Ghanaian-German duo who go by the name of Gato Preto)
Weekend Music Break, N°42
Many collaborations and surprise comebacks popped up in our feeds this week. First, this one by
Grime’s Deepest Darkest Africa
Not sure what is empowering about a UK grime artist explicitly glorifying African conflict and capitalizing on the fear and violence that it entails.
Weekend Music Break, N°41
From Luanda: Dj Djeff has Nacobeta, Agre G & Game Walla doing their thing in the
A Day in Ouagadougou
Watching the film "Tamani," there's no need to understand the local languages to get a taste of what Ouaga sounds like.
Afropolitan Dreams in Brooklyn
Blitz the Ambassador's last major project was 'Native Sun.' Now he is taking the party on the road.
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South African kwaito group Mafikizolo underscored their comeback this week with the release of the video
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This year’s turning into a good year for quality music videos. Here’s another selection of 10.
Rocking Dakar
Takeifa's sound is a welcome alternative to the more common mbalax music that dominates Senegal's pop music scene.
Rapping Against Impunity
A campaign in Senegal wants to put public pressure on the government to follow-though on criminal investigations in order to get justice for victims of violence and torture.
Weekend Music Break, N°38
Here’s ten new videos to get your weekend started. Some pop, some rap, some indie, but
Wogdog Blues for Burkina Faso: An Interview with Art Melody
Art Melody, the Burkina Faso-based gruff-voiced emcee who also completes the high-octane duo Waga3000, came to
Tendai Maraire: “Boom is me throwing a punch at those that still disrespect Zimbabwean music”
When Tendai Maraire broke down his Pungwe mixtape for us last year. I remember when Zimbabwe gained independence.
I Sing the Desert Electric
A short film of electronic based music across the Sahel region: Mauritania to Northern Nigeria and in-between.