Tank Girl
Nadine Hammam's work turned out to be “too risky” for Art Dubai. Her new exhibition, Tank
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Fatima B. Derby
Fatima B. Derby is a Ghanaian feminist writer and queer activist.
South Africa broke photographer Eve Arnold’s heart
From Financial Times profile of Eve Arnold, the brilliant American photographer who died in January 2012:
The Jazz of Samuel Yirga Mitiku
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zATN60yiVyo I was in Dubai recently, working on a documentary, and on the way back to
Shit (some) South Africans say
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80_BugBDym4&w=640&h=360] When the ubiquitous "Shit (People) Say" meme was still popular, and after seeing the
Julius Malema’s History
Last week, after Malema was expelled from South Africa's ruling party, we went back and looked
Plenty Koko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to4jZDaVHKo We didn't expect anything else: the video for FOKN Bois "Sexin Islamic Girls" goes all
Music Break. Gasandji
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlVzyFNjC-8 DRC born, France based Gasandji's "Na lingui yo."
Thrones no one wants to sit on
Gonçalo Mabunda's chilling constructions are now on display at the Jack Bell gallery in London. His
Senegalese drums
CNN does a story on Abdoulaye Wade’s praise singer, Coumba Gawlo.
Letter to the Republic
The duplicity of France’s ruling classes preoccupy most of this week’s entry – number 10 – of Paris Is a Comment.
There is nothing left in Alexandria
In Egypt, the revolutions of the present may, in the future, become the failed revolutions of the past.
Black Bazar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=841i137-CYg Alain Mabanckou’s 2009 novel Black Bazar spoke successfully to and about the African diaspora in
Football: The 11 Commandments of Rigobert Song
When the good Lord handed down the Decalogue to Moses atop Mount Sinai, he limited himself
Friday Music Bonus Edition
Niagass comments on Senegal's president Wade's running for another term: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PqsCXR_l5o We've been listening to Robert
What was Dikembe Mutombo thinking
Mutombo, a former NBA star, seems in way over his head in a diamond scam. But some of the allegations cited in media reports don’t add up.
Witchcraft and the British Media
Can a belief be condemned as immoral? Or must we accept cultural difference, and merely condemn the acts that follow as a consequence?
Arab Women Filmmakers in Berlin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg1IHGKPoQg 'A Game' is a short fiction film from 2010 by Sudanese director Marwa Zein, based
How to make a movie about Muslims
The South African comedy drama, “Material,” portrays Muslims and Islam without resorting to the regular comedic clichés and slapstick.
The three little pigs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xIgq13mX3A No, they're not Africans. It's just a great TV ad campaign for The Guardian newspaper.
Bilingual MC’s
On 'Super Mc', a group of rappers (Omar Offendum, Lou Piensa, Ceschi, Jarabe Del Sol, M.O.A,