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Fatima B. Derby
Fatima B. Derby is a Ghanaian feminist writer and queer activist.
Weekend Special, August 12
Liberian Hipco music culture — "Liberia's version of hip-hop; the 'co' is short for colloquial or
Independence August
Since we'll be on break for a minute (details tomorrow) when the following central African countries
Music Break / Fatoumata Diawara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E82BifytoYY Easy listening. 'Bassa' is a song by the Côte d'Ivoire-born, Mali-raised and now France-based artist
Making a fool out of himself
Through his internet show, “What’s Up Africa!,” Ikenna Azuike delivers incisive commentary on media and cultural politics with irreverence and humor.
Song and Dance
By Dan Moshenberg Tuesday, August 9, 2011, was the annual celebration, in South Africa, of National
August 11, Chad
There's still time left to recognize Chad's Independence Day today, and keeping with our regular feature,
Music Break / Lalcko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSIO_eAomrs French-Cameroonian rapper Lalcko released a strong record earlier this year: 'L’eau lave mais l’argent rend
There’s more to Staten Island than ‘Mob Wives’ and Wu Tang Clan
Photographer Glenna Gordon, no stranger to AIAC, is working on a new project in Staten Island,
An American Singer in Mali
Adam Klein from Georgia in the United States wants to blend rustic acoustic Mande music with American roots music.
You no longer need to be white to feel like a tourist in South Africa
What do you do as a South African tourist industry when the promised surge in visitors
Music Break / Y'akoto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHgMKpaWG_E German-Ghanian singer Y'akoto's biography on her website made me look up the meaning of the
The news about Romelu Lukaku
You've heard the news about Romelu Lukaku? The 18-year-old Belgian-Congolese striker signed a contract with his
Sampling Semenya
An interview in a (South African) Sunday paper with a 'hopping mad' Caiphus Semenya (the South
Harlem is Nowhere
Excerpt from Sharifa Rhodes Pitts' memoir of the black metropolis, "Harlem is Nowhere," which came out
Music Break / Maurice Kirya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fABDPF3yG8k "Wooye" by Ugandan crooner Maurice Kirya.
Nicolas Jaar covers Abdullah Ibrahim
From May this year: "... an unrehearsed, first-take cut" of Nicolas Jaar's remix (recorded in London)
Independence Day: Côte d’Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire celebrated their 51st year of independence from France yesterday. Music has played a role
Weekend Special, August 5
The famine in the Horn of Africa has revived the debate about "starvation photography." The blog
August 5, Burkina Faso
Upper Volta became independent on this day in 1960. In 1984, Thomas Sankara changed its name to Burkina Faso.