As-Salāmu Alaykum
[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/13045384 w=600&h=368] This short clip of Brooklyn’s Mos Def, offering greetings while performing at the most
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Music Mondays
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_TU7lhqnN0&w=500&h=307&rel=0] From an article in last week’s “Detroit Metro Times”: ‘… In the ’60s, Motown was
The Worse Rapper on The Internets?
That’s the only way to explain the “career” of the really bad rapper, Bangs (Sudan-born, Australian-based),
Review: ‘Héritage Congo’
Guest Blogger, Tom DeVriendt Pitcho Womba Konga hails from Congo but moved to Belgium at the
100% African Rock
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Monday Blues
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8VOKhRr0eg&w=500&h=300&rel=0] The latest video by the original hip hop artist Gil Scott Heron–who is back. This
Music Fridays
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0F2_sAlaNo&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Mos Def is back. Which means I am happy. This for Ski Beats’ new album
Still Hip Hop
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woHMTgvfs_E&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Hip hop now has its own museums, honors shows on basic cable, and rap beats
Music Fridays
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rNE-5WUtSE&w=500&h=307&rel=0] A good way to tide you over till Sunday’s World Cup final is to listen
How The Mighty Have Fallen
Two of South Africa’s most talented musicians of the last 30 years, Robbie Jansen (1949-2010), sax
We are the world
Despite its high cheesiness quotient and half of the teams featured in the video already out
Thank You Ghana Black Stars!
[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/13010025 w=500&h=307] Ghana’s Black Stars was on a run to make history–to become the first African
Music Fridays: Tinashe
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m32pplDyPlo&w=500&h=307&rel=0] My friend, Wendy Willems, former Londoner now teaching media studies at Wits University, pointed me
Black Star Jam
Tomorrow Ghana will try to the impossible: become the first African nation to go to the
Dirty Paraffin is "genre-defying"
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5hvSTsYTGk&w=500&h=307&rel=0] We’ve been following The Fader’s Pitch Perfect documentary series since the start of the World
African Child
The comedy "Get him to the Greek" is a forgettable vehicle for Russell Brand, except for the spoof music video "African Child" opening the film.
Pitch Perfect Friday
Africa is not just represented by five nations in the World Cup. Its diaspora is also here courtesy of Euro-American and South American squads.
Long Live Busi Mhlongo
Some sad news–amid the euphoria of the World Cup–from journalist Bongani Madondo: Busi Mhlongo passed away
Music Fridays
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watchv=aHkRx1IKlOg&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Ice Cube was on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon earlier this week. Of course to