Dabbling in the sublime
The 2012 edition of the Berlinale includes a number of films from Africa or with African themes.
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Miguna Miguna
Miguna Miguna is a Kenyan activist and lawyer.
Music Break. Kaba Blon
http://youtu.be/afO9RSfdVEA Thinking about Mbalax Dub, got me wanting to share some more of Kaba Blon. It
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Gaddafi spoof
http://youtu.be/cYplvwBvGA4 The trailer for Sacha Baron Cohen's latest comedy, "The Dictator," where he plays a thinly
Yasiin Bey, ladies and gentlemen
The rapper formerly known as Mos Def's take on the Jay Z track with his own
Azonto Germany
The diverse histories and orientations of African pop, the diaspora, and its international dissemination and the speed with which culture travels now.
An interview with the makers of ‘Quel Souvenir,’ a film about an oil pipeline between Chad and Cameroon
Twelve years after ground was first broken on an oil pipeline between Chad and Cameroon, the
Music Break. Jeri-Jeri
http://youtu.be/_rPIzyKkuNs Berlin based Dub and Techno producer Mark Ernestus (check his previous work with Rhythm and Sound)
Serge Ibaka Has No Country
We don’t blame people those who can’t figure out their DRC from their ROC or their Kinshasa from their Brazzaville.
Film and Johannesburg’s Ponte City
The German writer Norman Ohler described Johannesburg's Ponte City, Africa's tallest residential building, thus: "Ponte sums
Rare: Conscious Kwaito
http://youtu.be/1uxP28i7U8k South African kwaito house with an explicit message: we don't get to hear it often.
Germany has a version of GQ magazine
A woman in Germany removes her clothes and poses for a magazine photographer with her famous
The Noise of Cairo
Last month the Daily Beast decided that Cairo had lost its voice. It reminded me of
The Presidential Palace
Paris burned in 2005 and it has been left smoldering since. That’s the message of Paris Is a Continent, Number 9.
The Truth and Reconciliation Film
On the screen, South Africa’s TRC has invariably been sensationalized into a showcase of trauma-as-entertainment.
Necessary doses of pan-Africanism: Esperanza Spalding’s “Black Gold”
http://youtu.be/Nppb01xhfe0 It's not too late to take your vitamins. And this. Jazz bass player and bandleader
Sindiso Nyoni’s Riot Art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Gjs64tz8w Short recent video profile by VOA's Nico Colombant of the Zimbabwean artist, illustrator and designer