Homosexuality is very African
The 46-minute video of the 2010 BBC World "Debate" with the unfortunate title: "Is Homosexuality Un-African?"
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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.
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNynEnPMagA Remember the Belgian-Congolese project Héritage? It took them a while to record a video for
No Art On $2 A Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb18FWbL0mw In memory of Cameroonian artist Goddy Leye (1965-2011).
'The Solar Oven Fallacy'
"There are three myths about technology," [according to] Harish Hande, founder of SELCO-India, a "social enterprise"
'Brand Africa'
I like the young producers and reporters at Radio Netherlands Worldwide's Africa desk. From the informed
This is not about Jacob Zuma's sex life
On Monday tens of thousands of young South Africans marched in Cape Town, South Africa, to
Movies that matter
If you can’t make it to Stockholm next week, visiting The Hague might be a good
Must Be Something in the Water
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8GvkDgP30A Seriously, this is not ironic. UNICEF is bottling Rihanna and other celebrities' tap water and
"The creative street vibes of South Africa"
On Saturday, 26 March at the Swedish CinemAfrica Festival the film directors Teddy Goitom and Benjamin
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_O62AItxTs Not the official video for BLK JKS's Zol!"
Mandela in X-Large
We were hoping it would not come to this: The Nelson Mandela Foundation has launched an
Found Objects, No. 13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwe_xNEUgxA The UK (via Jamaica) toaster, Tapper Zukia's "MPLA" off the album from the same name. Because
This is about Congo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK0dfuAWDIQ ABC News on Ben Affleck's "time with the people of Congo" and his "odd couple"
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06S7oMLvl2w French-Congolese musician Abd Al Malik's star is rising fast in Francophone Europe. Behind his, say,
The narrative of African women
An exhibit attempts to reframe popular perceptions and the image of African women in the United States.
What’s Kenya got to do with it?
Solange and two other US artists want to solve the problem of access to water in Africa by teaming up with Coco Cola. That sounds like a contradiction.
Poetry Radio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5syTnWDcl-8 Although it was only launched a year ago, Cape Town-based Badilisha Poetry Radio is rapidly
ZAM Goes International
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEe96sQsRg4&hd=1 You know we like the Dutch magazine ZAM. The promised English edition is (almost) here.
Cameroon is Cameroon
A mix of factors – language, regional, sexism, an opposition that has been co-opted by the ruling party and repression – prevents real, meaningful change in Cameroon.
'Mapping Africa'
This is brilliant. The BBC, working with the Royal Geographical Society, has posted an audio slideshow