Jonas Savimbi is a video game star
No surprise that the dead Angolan rebel leader, Jonas Savimbi, is a video game character; in life he was a media mastermind.
No surprise that the dead Angolan rebel leader, Jonas Savimbi, is a video game character; in life he was a media mastermind.
An interview with the leaders of a viral online campaign originating in Norway aimed at exposing European ignorance about the foolhardiness of humanitarianism in Africa.
A campaign by a Norwegian student group wants fundraising causes not be based on exploiting stereotypes. Also that aid be based on real needs, not “good” intentions.
Can young Angolan activists inspired by Angola's underground rap scene take on a political elite that has ruled for decades?
The music video for Tiwa Savage's "Ife wa Gbona" is as engrossing as the song. With its blend of pop, juju and highlife It bring up warm feelings in the listener.
Can a rap music video do better than some journalism in showing the real, unvarnished existence of ordinary Nigerians?
This music video for Big Frizzle’s ‘All Black Everything’, produced by London-based media house GlobalFaction made
The Angolan singer's new album deals with war in the widest sense: war with the self, war with family, neighbors, friends.
http://vimeo.com/26876381 This is a bit older, but still worth watching. Above is a short clip from
Shameless self-promotion: “Board Games” is a short documentary video I did for my friend Kent Lingeveldt
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.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA6F553L17g ‘I am Malawi’ is a short documentary by Geert Veuskens and Pieter de Vos. (Part
If you’re unfamiliar with my musical work, OkayAfrica.com recently did a profile on me for their web TV
Mali’s on our mind. Mostly because of the confusion. Reports from Bamako abound, while there’s still
How a music genre is selling Angola's oil boom.
New humorous, but sharp, web series on “the African experience in America” wants to “refute negative
Senegal voted this weekend. Abdoulaye Wade is gone after 12 years. Macky Sall, once Wade’s protege
Five for the weekend. I haven’t done this in a while. First up Philadelphians Chill Moody (rapper) and
In the DRC, city life isn’t foremost defined by the image of the child soldier (contrary
Not only is it Human Rights Day in South Africa today (read up on its meaning