The Global Imagination of James Baldwin
An interview with Rich Blint, a James Baldwin scholar. Biggest takeaway: Baldwin lamented the fragile human impulse for categorization.
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Golda Gatsey
Golda Gatsey is a freelance writer and customer relationship manager.
Not in My Name
What’s it like seeing your work on display, only to realize it’s been taken over and remade by someone else to give a totally different meaning.
The Bronx, Ghana
From a New York Daily News story (from earlier this year) about Twi (Ghanaian language) courses
The Best African Movie
The Congolese film, Viva Riva, is no high-minded, French-funded “cinema” — it’s a gritty gangster film.
Journalism in Ethiopia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw0yIgGGtT0
Sarah Palin is going to Sudan
The main reaction to Palin is to mock her, but the problem is someone like her got those close to the most powerful office globally. That should scare us.
Music Break
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X0nq5nGvPU&w=560&h=349] As a bonus, see also the 10-minute video for "Clap" also off "W.A.R.," below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG_iDZbSZ3I
The Politics of Necessity
Over the course of fifteen years (1994-2009), Elke Zuern has interviewed civic and social movement leaders,
'The Most Phenomenal Finale'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcXYZMYkKKI I don't watch much rugby these days, but the final moments of the cup final
Sierra Leone’s Own TV
An interview with the founders of a media center providing technical, artistic and vocational support to filmmakers in Freetown.
Music Break
[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/24394476 w=580&h=324] The new music video for "Drip Dry" by the Johannesburg hipsters Dirty Paraffin. The
'Short Cut'
http://youtu.be/ubz387K2XL0 The trailer for the feature film "Short Cut" (to be directed by Norman Maake) about
F***yesafricans
Someone started a a page called fuckyesafricans in the vein of the "fuckyes" tumblr meme. For
Street Photographer
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHxFJgqicZw&w=560&h=349] Charlie Ahearn's new documentary of Brooklyn photographer Jamal Shabazz screening on June 26 at the
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnWWGNL5_lo I don't know much about South African musician Fifi the Rai Blaster but I like
Andrew Dosunmu's 'Restless City'
I recently missed out on seeing a special screening (at BAM in Brooklyn) of "Restless City,"
'African Air'
Georgr Steinmetz's Africa. Watch it here. More on Steinmetz here.
An Ordinary Killing
Riveting piece of journalism in this weekend's New York Times Magazine as well as an accompanying
Out of Africa
Vanity Fair's June issue has a profile. of Hillary Clinton. It contains tons of information about
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a3P_mYAkhg Mayer Hawthorne featuring guitarist Dennis Coffey.