A fast train from Dakar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gocEFChg75M Young Philippe Ndour is the nephew of Senegalese pop star Youssou Ndour. And just like his
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Sean Henry Jacobs
Sean Henry Jacobs is the founder of Africa is a Country and Professor of International Affairs at The New School.
#Kony2012 the musical
We want to step off #Kony2012 (we promise to lay off them by this weekend), but
Kony 2012 is a Parody
A number of comedy videos lampooning Kony 2012 are making the rounds on social media. Some are funny, some are asinine.
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
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
Louis Moholo’s drum
On a recent trip to London I was hoping to catch a performance by Cape Town drummer Louis Moholo Moholo, the last surviving member of the famed jazz bands, The Blue Notes and The Brotherhood of Breath. Especially with the release of "Before the Wind Changes," a live recording of The Blue Notes on tour in Belgium in 1979.
The Afrikaans Film Template
Feature films produced for the Afrikaans market in South Africa, have many distinctive characteristics, including that they’re exclusively white.
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
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
Mike Epps’ got “Africa” jokes
Remember Mikko's post on African Jokes? Comedian Mike Epps, a few days before he threatened his daughter
South Africa broke photographer Eve Arnold’s heart
From Financial Times profile of Eve Arnold, the brilliant American photographer who died in January 2012:
Music Break. Gasandji
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlVzyFNjC-8 DRC born, France based Gasandji's "Na lingui yo."