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The video for “All the Same” by Vieux Farka Toure, son of Ali, from his new
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I first saw Kesivan Naidoo play at the Independent Armchair Theater in Observatory. I was living
'The globe landed on Kenya'
Interesting concept. “Every issue AFAR Magazine chooses a destination at random – by literally spinning a
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X0nq5nGvPU&w=560&h=349] As a bonus, see also the 10-minute video for “Clap” also off “W.A.R.,” below. This
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[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/24394476 w=580&h=324] The new music video for “Drip Dry” by the Johannesburg hipsters Dirty Paraffin. The
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I don’t know much about South African musician Fifi the Rai Blaster but I like this
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Mayer Hawthorne featuring guitarist Dennis Coffey.
'Three soldiers from Somalia'
I reread that infamous 2010 New Yorker profile. of Gil Scott Heron earlier today. I was
'More Time'
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozL1rmcI-eY&w=560&h=349] Linton Kwesi Johnson exhorting us to slow down a bit.
Africa Day
The Very Best–a collaboration of Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit–has a new mixtape. It came out a few
Beyoncé and the Hyena
We're not sure what Beyonce is trying to say with her music video for her female empowerment song, "Run the World." You're guest is as good as ours.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqgZEklDuF8 Some catchy, and barely tolerable, pop from JR–remember him from the kwaiti/dance hit ‘Make the
When Thelonious Monk first met Dollar Brand
By 1964, Dollar Brand (later Abdullah Ibrahim) had already made 3 LP's as a bandleader. He was living in Switzerland and had just gotten a boost from Duke Ellington.
Zim Ngqawana
Zim Ngqawana (b. 1959), a prominent figure in the second generation of South African jazz musicians, passed away on Monday.
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We’ve featured Dutch R&B singer, Ntjam Rosie, here before. We had to do it again.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbhplk5rljc With a nod to the 1990s, one of our favorites, DJ Premier, presents “A New
Postapartheid Ideology
The video for “Go Getter,” by Johannesburg’s MB featuring Malika, which I saw playing once or
Mad Max in Botswana
Botswana has a thriving heavy metal scene. These metal heads have their own specific style too.
The ANC Goes Pop
Political parties in South Africa have a new challenge during elections: commissioning a pop ditty people can dance to while political candidates make empty promises from stages.