John Malkovich’s South African accent
So as usual, a bunch of links—new as well as ones—that have piled up in my bookmarks folder. It’s Weekend Special.
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Fatima B. Derby
Fatima B. Derby is a Ghanaian feminist writer and queer activist.
Jesse Jackson’s Africa policy
Surely Jesse Jackson did some basic research on Laurent Gbagbo’s rightwing identity politics before accepting an invitation from his supporters?
Nigerian Millionaires
That time Nigeria’s government objected to a commercial for SONY’s PS3 video game console.
Two Men, Two Countries
Who are the real victims of crime and violence in South Africa?
They Just Stood There Naked
What was Johannesburg newspaper, The Star, hoping to achieve with this dehumanizing image?
Love in Africa
This book explores love, that stuff most Western journalists rarely write about when they write about Africa.
It has come to this
The victim politics peddled on blogs by a section of expatriate white South Africans–often with positive results for them.
Manufacturing controversy
The mass support for Caster Semenya among South Africans is paradoxical: of a country deeply divided, yet at certain moments strangely united around a common cause.
Joe Slovo is still one of my heroes
Slovo was a key leader of the armed and exiled resistance against Apartheid and one of the most visible white face of that movement, even after apartheid.
The most powerful woman in Africa?
Business magazine, Forbes, made a list of “The 100 Most Official Women”: The top African on the list is the United Nations’ top human rights official, Navi Pillay, from South Africa.
Shocker: Jacob Zuma is not a Communist
Anyone could have told mainstream Western media that Jacob Zuma would follow conventional rightwing economic policies. Why are they acting surprised?
Hip Hop History 101, South African Session
The Cape Town group, Prophets of da City, should get credit for kickstarting South African hip hop. They were also politically righteous.
Carlos Santana is African
In 1971, Carlos Santana went to play in Ghana at a massive independence day concert. It felt like being at home.
Aliens in Johannesburg
‘District 9’ comments on contemporary politics about domination, race and immigration, especially in South Africa.
The Ugandan Soldier
A comic book, published by an imprint of DC Comics, is set during the Ugandan Civil War.
Democracy in Burundi
Hip hop artists from Senegal, to Morocco, to Angola, to the United States perform for Burundian political activist, Alexis Sinduhije.
Apartheid South Africa and Apartheid Israel
Apartheid South Africa and Israel had a close relationship from the inception of the latter. Postapartheid, there are attempts to reverse that.
The Cape Doctor
Robbie Jansen is a key figure in what is referred to as South African, especially Cape Town, jazz.