Goksin Sipahioglu
One of the highlights of a recent trip to Istanbul--dominated by run-ins with operatives of a
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Fatima B. Derby
Fatima B. Derby is a Ghanaian feminist writer and queer activist.
'More Time'
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozL1rmcI-eY&w=560&h=349] Linton Kwesi Johnson exhorting us to slow down a bit.
When You Refuse, You Say No
The intersection of rape, power, and impunity in Guinea has a history that is very recent and very dark.
Africa Day
The Very Best--a collaboration of Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit--has a new mixtape. It came out a few
Teaching about the world beyond America’s shores
The global financial crisis is real, and its consequences are grave. It should not, however, be the reason for a US government to retreat from global engagement, especially education exchanges.
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTa28a8QKo4 I haven't heard Michael Kiwanuka's debut EP yet, but this song is promising, to say
Beyoncé and the Hyena
We’re not sure what Beyonce is trying to say with her music video for her female empowerment song, “Run the World.” You’re guest is as good as ours.
Perspective on 2011 SA Local Elections
If you're tired of the nonsense published in The New York Times or on the BBC
African Urbanism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUBTGzx9yOk Not only is Edgar Pieterse (from the African Centre for Cities) a prolific writer (read
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqgZEklDuF8 Some catchy, and barely tolerable, pop from JR--remember him from the kwaiti/dance hit 'Make the
Vote for Toilets
South Africans vote for new local councillors today. Once the spin and the electioneering clear, we'll
Nigeria Votes
Benedicte Kurzen's often graphic images of the recent (April 16) presidential elections in Nigeria and its
We have no money
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYQlMcPSkRs New video for South African Tumi and The Volume's 'Asinamali'. You know what 'Asinamali' stands
Revolt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s921SaPiIIg Voltz's reading of Johannesburg. A first track and video from his upcoming album 'Revolt'.
The first Afrikaans film at Cannes
Finally a teaser for the film "Skoonheid," by Cape Town director, Oliver Hermanus, is now online.
Crazy Bald Heads
Blackwater mostly recruits from former US soldiers and former soldiers from dictatorships like Apartheid South Africa
Paul Kagame Spins Youtube
Paul Kagame is a skilled media operator. Sending unprepared interviewers his way, is not how to do journalism.
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLDAuXE2DiM A lot of people dismiss Dominican-American pop singer George Lopez Jr, also known as Twin
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When Thelonious Monk first met Dollar Brand
By 1964, Dollar Brand (later Abdullah Ibrahim) had already made 3 LP’s as a bandleader. He was living in Switzerland and had just gotten a boost from Duke Ellington.