Parachute Journalism
Blind clichés, projections and stereotypes masquerading as analysis in Foreign Policy by Karen Leigh, Time Magazine’s correspondent for West Africa.
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Fatima B. Derby
Fatima B. Derby is a Ghanaian feminist writer and queer activist.
Music Break. Rattex
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIMT_vNtFQ8 Long after midnight, once the tourists and the party-goers have left Cape Town's Long Street,
TV Heads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0ahXv7TT8k 'Kichwateli' ('TV head' < Swahili) is one of the many chapters in the BLNRB project.
Angolan Independence
On Friday, November 10, 2011, Angola marked its 36th Independence Day since the proclamation of independence, November
Ingerland, Ingerland, Ingerland
Late last month the English goalkeeper David James wrote in The Observer that he was surprised
Demba Ba
Demba Ba has a habit of falling to his knees post-goal and praying. Via FIFA.com: Premier League
"You're a South African, what's your story?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrtm5kwpXrQ New Zealand is often sold to prospective (mostly white) South African immigrants as "South Africa
How Europe is Evolving Toward Africa
No, this is not about the anxieties of Niall Ferguson. Anthropologist John Comaroff spoke at The
Music Break. Fatima Al Qadiri
http://youtu.be/hKosaf5tmpI Senegal-born, Kuwait-raised musician and artist Fatima Al Qadiri just premiered her new EP, "Genre-Specific Xperience,"
Mapo do mundo
Remember the Mapping Stereotypes Project and the Afrographique project? (The former maps popular national stereotypes from
Watch The Throne
South African Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) released his new album Motswafrika. It comes complete with its own politics.
Omar Sy, French movie icon
By Abdourahman Waberi Released only a week ago, 'Intouchables' the film (by Eric Toledano & Olivier
Fighting somebody else's war
By Basia Lewandowska Cummings We British are very good at honoring the dead. Last Friday Prime
Let the music
Hinda Talhaoui, originally from Paris but based in Brooklyn, drops the second of her posts highlighting the music of her hometown.
Music Break. Friday Bonus Edition, N°1
Girl Power is big among female West African pop singers. Or so recent music videos suggest.
Die Antwoord’s At It Again
How long will be tolerate South African rappers, Die Antwoord’s racist and homophobic antics?
Africa gets new football kits
Puma created new kits for African teams ahead of the 2012 African Cup of Nations. At first sight, it looks exciting. Up close, the designers stuck to conservative.
David Cameron's gay rights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYhEkB0AOQs Fresh from insulting British women, Prime Minister David Cameron is now endangering the lives of
Of blood, tears, ink and screen
The birth of a promising publication, WARSCAPES. Let’s support and wish them long life.
Music Break. Badi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_mOvMcD5gI Remember Brussels artist Badi (BD Banx on the Héritage project or his Beasty Boys-styled video