Children of Kinshasa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtE2sTIS9z4 If you have seen the 1987 movie La Vie est Belle (Life is Rosy), you
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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.
Baloji Live
[vodpod id=Video.4686469&w=500&h=411&fv=] Last week, Baloji played at Les Nuits Zébrées (Montpellier, France). Arte was there too.
Music Fridays
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gxhLiNypVU&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Though "Blessa," the latest single from the Carolina singer Toro Y Moi ((government name: Chad Bundick) is
The supermodel’s revenge
Charles Taylor’s trial at the International Criminal Court is verging on the trivial.
The Sierra Leone Show
Vickie Remoe has expanded Sierra Leone’s presence on the web beyond the views of expatriates in the country.
Size Matters
Apparently it matters. (Click on the link to see full size.) And Africa gets compared to
They Shoot Tamikrest
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuHW3X5QKzY&w=500&h=300&rel=0] "I well remember hearing my first Tinariwen songs. I was about five. After the death
A familiar narrative about Madagascar
As part of our series on how Western filmmakers portray African countries and people, a piece on the children’s film, “Madagascar.”
Friday Links
Apparently President Lyndon Johnson, known for his support of Rhodesia (and paradoxically for signing the Civil
City One Minutes
When sleepless I often find myself browsing through time and space, moving from Johannesburg's CBD to
Krusty the Clown's Activism
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3OoeAeZM5Q&w=500&h=307&rel=0] The opening episode of the new series of "The Simpsons" features a convoluted plotline where
Desmond Tutu embarks on a life of well-earned dotage
The 1984 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town is one of South Africa’s great moral leaders.
Die Antwoord is Badass
Die Antwoord’s magnetism (or repulsion) lies in the way they combine clichés about race with those of gender and sexuality.
Cricket is big in Nigeria
Cricket is gloriously multilayered, with strategy and tactics available in abundance.
Black Atlantic Identity Politics
Two years later, Barack Obama’s election as US President still influence cultural production on the continent.
The Truth Will Out
The United Nations just made public a report about human rights abuses committed by Rwandan troops against Hutu refugees in then-Zaire in 1996-1997.
Out of Africa Redux
Bono and Ali Hewson, his wife, wants to revitalize apparel manufacturing in sub-Saharan Africa by manufacturing the clothes from their brand in China and Peru.
Music Wednesdays
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX6vbHWUyhQ&w=500&h=307&rel=0] The video for the remix of the song "Champion," the tune by Nigerian reggae fusion
The Nollywood Recipe
Nigerian director and producer, Ade Adepegba, speaking ahead of the new film festival, Nollywood Now--apparently the
Ask Your Government
How transparent are African governments about how and where they spend tax money?