Amsterdam is a Continent
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Paul Milchick
Paul Milchik is a pseudonym for the author of this piece. His name has been changed due to his status as an international student in the US during the second Trump administration, in a context where foreign students have been targeted for detention and deportation as a result of expressing pro-Palestinian views.
How to read Africa is a Country
A few people have emailed us about the not-so-new layout here at AIAC; mostly about finding
The Invisible Christians
A big part of the story that is being missed about Invisible Children is that they’re firmly rooted in Evangelical Christianity.
#Kony2012 is ‘magical’
This weekend after watching this surreal clip on CNN of a hyped-up Jason Russell addressing Joseph
Soulja Boy takes on Joseph Kony
It has come to this. Musicians, especially rappers, had to wade in on the American social media campaign to “Make Kony Famous.”
Ne-Yo trying to adopt “African children”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrfeBthNKdk&feature=plcp In this video, about a week old, American R&B singer Ne-Yo (if you don't know
Casting Djimon Hounsou
Actor Djimon Hounsou doesn’t take his own advice about the media he makes about Africa.
World famous in South Africa
Detriot singer Sixto Rodriguez’ albums are masterpieces – at times on par with some of Bob Dylan’s work – but he was only famous in South Africa
Paris a Continent … the Nike edition
http://vimeo.com/37302066 I like the tone and aesthetic of this commercial. It makes Paris look like parts
Music Break. Khuli Chana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahwth3qxnig The video for South African hip hop head Khuli Chana's 'Tswa Daar' comes with a
Louis Moholo’s Drum
The drummer, Louis Moholo-Moholo, now 72 and the last surviving member of the famed jazz bands The Blue Notes and The Brotherhood of Breath, is still out there performing.
A visual history of African LGBTQ
A quick review of films showing at two festivals with a focus on gay people: The Out in Africa Festival and the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.
Friday Music Bonus Edition
Our weekly round-up of new (and a little less new) music videos. First, this great video
Out in Africa
Writing gays and lesbians into the political and social history of South Africa – a history from which LGBT people are so often obscured and ignored.
The Afrikaans Film Template
Feature films produced for the Afrikaans market in South Africa, have many distinctive characteristics, including that they’re exclusively white.
The White Nigerian
The Northern Nigeria repping White Nigerian (isn't he Lebanese Nigerian?), along with JJC, invites us all
How to celebrate International Women’s Day
March 8, 2012. It’s International Women’s Day, and so how to celebrate? Over the weekend, The
Film: “Imagining Emanuel”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVezOglRkWA Leo Goldsmith and Rachael Rakes, film editors at Brooklyn Rail, write about the documentary film
A miserable fraud
The power to choose on social media who is to be the next target of America’s moral manhunt, all with the benediction of a panel of biddable celebrities.
The University of Gnawa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kTJ4LFfVCM The new video for the song "Alf Hilat" by Moroccan lute player and singer Aziz