New Films
This list is partly self-indulgent. It is also a way--hopefully weekly--for me to keep an online
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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.
Shameless Self Promotion
Occasionally we have to promote our day jobs. Here are some excerpts from an op-ed that occasional AIAC blogger Herman Wasserman and I wrote last week for a South African publication on the latest manufactured scandal by the opposition Democratic Party (not to say that the ANC can't avoid scandals)
"The Somali Neurosis"
14-minute clip from a recent TV profile by Norwegian television of a visit by Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah to Norway. I never imagined book TV could look this good and informative.
The Economist’s “Africa”
The Economist changed its verdict from “Hopeless Africa” to “Africa Rising” in eleven years. But few care about the latest verdict.
Music Break. Iyadede
http://vimeo.com/33268093 We like stylish Rwandese-Brooklyn singer Iyadede's take (in French) on the Theophilus London song "Flying
On Brand Nigeria
A quick read of comments to recent posts defending gay rights, point to how deep-seated and widespread homophobia is in Nigeria.
Viral Culture: The 2-year old rapper
http://youtu.be/an_STKm-524 By midday today almost 120,000 people had viewed the video of 2-year old Khaliyl Iloyi,
No one wants to talk about “the disease”
“Life Above All” has an unbelievable plot and heavy-handed social commentary, but Khomotso Manyaka’s excellent performance and a strong supporting cast redeem it.
Music Break. Michael Kiwanuka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wujCOokecXM Brit-Ugandan singer Michael Kiwanuka (featured here before), who sounds like James Taylor, performs two of
Something in the water
Africa’s best football players come from West Africa. That’s just facts.
Brakpan
Brakpan is a declining mining town east of Johannesburg in South Africa. Photographer Marc Shoul's images
Found Objects No.20
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Q10g_Mov4&w=600&h=349] From an episode of American comedian Drew Carey's sketch comedy show, "Whose Line is it Anyway."
New Clothes
We're tinkering with our design. Stick around for a few days while we're figure this out.
The Northern Ireland Connection
A new film challenges the “rainbow nation” narrative, highlighting South Africa’s unfulfilled transformation. It involves local filmmakers, with 10% of profits supporting Cape Town’s activists.
Batsumi's cascade of sound
By Dan Magaziner* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CslrKtKe16k South Africa’s 1970s are rightly remembered as a time of rising militancy.
Ingerland, Ingerland, Ingerland
Late last month the English goalkeeper David James wrote in The Observer that he was surprised