The Very Best Politics
What's the story with The Very Best's video for the single "Kondaine," where they teamed up with an American NGO and shot it in very rural Kenya.
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Friday Bonus Music Break, N°13
Tchobari duo shot the video for ‘Quem Mandou? (Me Nascer)’ in Catambor, Luanda “to show a
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?
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°11
10 songs we’ve been listening to this week. First up — and fresh — Gaël Faye
Friday Music Break, N°10
British based Nigerian rapper Modenine starts off our weekly Friday Music Break. Here’s four more.
Afropolitan Divas
Numbi, a gathering space for the Somali diaspora artists in the UK, expands its focus to include poetry and music from elsewhere in East Africa and elsewhere at a showcase in East London.
The elephant in the room
The DJ's, Venus X and Boima, talk about their approach to music, but also about their run-ins with tastemaker Diplo, who has shaped popular music tastes globally.
Congo Gold
Congolese-Belgian MC, Baloji: "In Congo, we had gold, but we turned it to something that had no value because we didn’t treat our country with the right respect."
Acoustic Guitar Break
We thought it would be nice to compile a Bonus Music Break centered on acoustic guitar
Africanos Latinos
Latin America and the Caribbean haven’t gotten enough attention on this site. We’re going to intentionally
Fighting Pop
Congolese/South African (via Belgium) musician Yannick Ilunga, AKA Iamwaves, has been rather busy lately. His group
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°9
Your weekly #musicbreak roundup. Mokobe and Oumou Sangare pray for peace in Mali:
Documentary–‘I am Malawi’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA6F553L17g ‘I am Malawi’ is a short documentary by Geert Veuskens and Pieter de Vos. (Part
Sunday Bonus Music Break, N°8
Since Friday’s Special was reserved to Sierra Leone — and for archival purposes — here’s your
Sierra Leone Independence Day
Freedom Day in South Africa. Togo Independence Day. And Sierra Leone’s 51st Independence Day. That’s all
Shameless Self-Promotion: Chief Boima’s Many Identities
If you’re unfamiliar with my musical work, OkayAfrica.com recently did a profile on me for their web TV
Parisian Africa
Younger generations of artists, many immigrants of African origin, are reconfiguring the arts in France on their own terms.
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°7
Nowadays we’re doing multiple #musicbreaks on Twitter and Facebook when the spirits move us. We figured we’d
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°6
Mali’s on our mind. Mostly because of the confusion. Reports from Bamako abound, while there’s still
We are the remains
This is Number 11 in my occasional series of posts highlighting the music of my hometown, Paris, also a center of Europe's African diaspora.