Muslim American Slave
Islam first came to North America with slavery, yet no major studio film has centered on the life of a Muslim American slave. Ibn Said’s remarkable life could be a start.
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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.
Outsourcing Protest
You fill out a form on a Dutch NGO’s website and it “gets a bunch of Africans to protest for you.” It is not a joke.
Liberator Magazine
Here. Photo Credit: Cedric Miles.
Today I'll eat for Belgium
Yes, some Europeans, specifically Belgians -- who else but "a fine group of web designers, web
Karl Marx Was Right
The mainstream is waking to the prescience of the old man’s ideas.
National Pride
Cote d’Ivoire is Africa’s best team at the moment. FIFA says so. Egypt, the current African champions, are second.
'Slavery, The Game'
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJMzeQicAh8&w=600&=369] While watching out for Fifa 12, I got distracted by this Youtube "commercial" for another
Lagos Street Scene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pVt9sC_Yd0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlfRR-kHUB0 From the world of Omoita Entertainment.
Music Break / Nneka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmWA7d4BlWU Nneka's "Soul is Heavy" from her new album. Extras: Part 1 and Part 2.
Father figure
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNn2bqNSS6k&w=600&h=369] Filmmaker Kurt Orderson sent me "The Unseen Ones," his new 19-minute musical documentary about the
Hugh Masekela’s Football Skills
There’s no record that Hugh Masekela could play football. But he acted like he could kick a ball in a music video.
Tupac Shakur in Africa
Tupac Shakur’s intensity did not just appeal to just young people in the United States, but also on the continent.
Music Break / NSZ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx2Bx9FKXpo Young Mauritians are definitely "Fight[ing] Pu More Freedom." Organizing through Facebook they've been on the
We're suppose to celebrate Miss Universe
Miss Angola, Leila Lopes, was crowned Miss Universe over the weekend. One of the judges, a
'The Nigerian Jersey Shore'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8Is90VKyLk Baylor University students (members of the campus African Studies Association) parodies those icons of 21st
'Days of Fire'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9ulurhU7CI "Too much politics and the clang of commerce" is staining 9/11 commemorations here in New
Music Break / Beirut
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLdCoVnESsY&w=600&h=369] I've had this on repeat. New Mexico band Beirut's mesh of Balkan and "world music"
50 Cent Wants to Help Africa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHT0zLgDoj8 Remember when rapper 50 Cent announced that he would try to provide 1 billion meals
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Weekend Special, August 12
Liberian Hipco music culture — "Liberia's version of hip-hop; the 'co' is short for colloquial or