Native Son
http://youtu.be/RG4c2Xh5FuE Youtube is streaming all of the 44-odd minutes of Blitz the Ambassador's second studio album,
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Miguna Miguna
Miguna Miguna is a Kenyan activist and lawyer.
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4tF9EnbcxU Beautiful video for the single "You will never know" by the young, French-Comoran singer, Imany.
Queer Families
http://vimeo.com/15280270 Sometimes AIAC collaborator Nerina Penzhorn's documentary, "Waited For," about interracial adoptions in South Africa of
Soul Food
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrJwsyH8z2o The trailer for director Byron Hurt's new film "Soul Food Junkies." The film, "... explores
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT0I2DyclIo The video "Niemand" [No One] by German singer, Joy Denalane (featuring her husband Max Herre)
Fool's Gold
http://youtu.be/Es-SyYrpg2c Fool's Gold's "Surprise Hotel." The group started as a side project of two young LA
Music Break
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0mB59n0zBA&w=500&h=301&rel=0] Oakland, California rap group The Hieroglyphics and Goapele singing about some kind of Soweto circa
It’s time to be offended
Middle class South African inertia and the police murder of activist Andries Tatane during a protest in town in the Free State province.
'Suffer'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjaZ66wssa0 New video from M.anifest H/T: Peter Rachleff
Strawberries and Peri-Peri
The website of South Africa’s ruling party was down for a minute after hackers took it
So, language originated in Africa
I suppose we should be proud or something.
The American President's Mother
Reporter Janny Scott in The New York Times, and the author of “A Singular Woman: The
When it hits, you feel no pain
Music and politics are often intimate partners in society, whether an artist consciously connects them. What role does music play in the politics of today’s world?
'Nü Revolution'
http://vimeo.com/22607584 Les Nubians have a new album (it's been on sale since yesterday). These are the
Tim Hetherington 1970-2011
The war and conflict photographer Tim Hetherington started his career in the conflicts in Liberia and Sierra Leone, where he did not just photograph war.
Madonna chooses Malawi
Which is worse: Americans not knowing anything about Malawi, or that’s where Madonna adopted children and wasted money?