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Good biscuits at the UN social security forum at Cape Town International Convention Center, South Africa.
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Miguna Miguna
Miguna Miguna is a Kenyan activist and lawyer.
'Who’s Telling Our Story?'
Journalism in Africa: Who’s Telling Our Story? Friday, February 18, 2011 New York University Puck Building,
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmtFX-r-0p8 I have this track (and video) on repeat. The Sway Machinery featuring Malian singer Khaira
'First Time in Sudan Africa'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9OvmowfpD0 Another one of those videos I was forwarded over the break. It's become something of
Bwana Kitoko
If you’re passing through Brussels the next months and you haven’t seen Belgian painter Luc Tuymans’s
'The Legend of Polokwane'
No not the guy on the left. The music of DJ MO-LAUDI. Listen here.
Hip Hop is a Database
[vodpod id=Video.5574372&w=500&h=411&fv=] ...The Hip-Hop Word Count is a searchable ethnographic database built from the lyrics of
Fact Checking Mandela
It’s unfortunate the New York Times Book Review handed the appraisal of three recent books about
Somewhere in Africa (The Remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssJ27b5asx4 Remember Meta and Cornerstones' tune "Somewhere in Africa"? It got a makeover as a remix
The Grammys
Distracted by Cee Lo's chicken suit or Lady Gaga's latest stunt (she hatched from an egg),
Shameless Self Promotion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LngTUSmaZ5k The second episode of "What's Up Africa," the Radio Netherlands Worldwide 'creative vlog on African
True Blood or Sushi
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muV6e1HPxcY&w=500&h=307] S: What does this say about contemporary white Afrikaans speaking music culture? T: That Van
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTBlOvNzXzQ Illa J, younger brother of J Dilla, teams up with Belgian producer Cris Prolific. February
African-American comedians and “Africa jokes”
From Richard Pryor through to Jamie Foxx, Chris Rock and Wyatt Cenac. They all do “Africa” bits. It’s not always funny or good social commentary.
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvdU5R7ywQ4
'White Music for Black People'*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6Vk6CPUj9s It must be the weather. Something ("Everlasting Gobstopper," released in 2008) from the brothers, Daniel