Blitz The Ambassador Speaks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Deh07ZDF1aA Blitz The Ambassador talks about the initial reception of his music ("slow"), the musical Fela!
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Fatima B. Derby
Fatima B. Derby is a Ghanaian feminist writer and queer activist.
Music Break / Shabazz Palaces
http://vimeo.com/27758516 I'm looking forward to hearing Shabazz Palaces play during their European tour later this month.
Red Hot Chili Peppers got lost in Ethiopia
The Red Hot Chili Peppers funk jam track Ethiopia came following "a life-changing trip Flea and
Music Break / Youssoupha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arve4ZB8jog Kinshasa-born rapper Youssoupha moved to France at the age of 10. Ever since releasing his
Lagos Street Scene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pVt9sC_Yd0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlfRR-kHUB0 From the world of Omoita Entertainment.
Music Break / Nneka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmWA7d4BlWU Nneka's "Soul is Heavy" from her new album. Extras: Part 1 and Part 2.
Father figure
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNn2bqNSS6k&w=600&h=369] Filmmaker Kurt Orderson sent me "The Unseen Ones," his new 19-minute musical documentary about the
Nicholas Kristof Saves Another Woman
In The New York Times columnit’s world, Kenya is just another Third World site of pathos, despair, degradation, and fallen women waiting to be saved.
Hugh Masekela’s Football Skills
There’s no record that Hugh Masekela could play football. But he acted like he could kick a ball in a music video.
Tupac Shakur in Africa
Tupac Shakur’s intensity did not just appeal to just young people in the United States, but also on the continent.
Music Break / NSZ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx2Bx9FKXpo Young Mauritians are definitely "Fight[ing] Pu More Freedom." Organizing through Facebook they've been on the
We're suppose to celebrate Miss Universe
Miss Angola, Leila Lopes, was crowned Miss Universe over the weekend. One of the judges, a
'The Nigerian Jersey Shore'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8Is90VKyLk Baylor University students (members of the campus African Studies Association) parodies those icons of 21st
'Days of Fire'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9ulurhU7CI "Too much politics and the clang of commerce" is staining 9/11 commemorations here in New
Music Break / Beirut
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLdCoVnESsY&w=600&h=369] I've had this on repeat. New Mexico band Beirut's mesh of Balkan and "world music"
Typecasting Binyavanga Wainaina
In “One Day I Will Write About This Place,” Wainaina wants to create a life uniquely his own.
Music Break / Lexxus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lZmwWZUYUU New video for the Congolese AIAC favorite Lexxus, recorded in Kinshasa, featuring the Kinois rapper
The Real Maids of Beirut
The vast majority of domestic workers in the Middle East are migrant workers. A fair number are from Africa, particularly Kenya and Ethiopia.
50 Cent Wants to Help Africa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHT0zLgDoj8 Remember when rapper 50 Cent announced that he would try to provide 1 billion meals
Funky Liberia
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOq_6aVOqPI] Italy based, UK Funky influenced, electronic music purveyors Pepe Soup recently released the