Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2I9D2yDCfc&NR=1 Rapper Stalley, late last year, channels Muhammed Ali. He could have done without the racial
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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.
The Russian connection
Soviet cinema had a major impact on the narratives, styles, and tone of African filmmakers.
'The Nigerian Nostalgia Project'
This Facebook group page is worth visiting. The administrators collect photographs, including video and sound bytes, "... depicting
Slipping into individualistic comfort
The daily word of inspiration (cut and pasted from Contemporary Literature) from my favorite, comtemporary Communist,
Pleasurable Music
The second lives of Faaji Agba, a collective of octogenarian Nigerian musicians who perform a mix of Nigerians’ favorite genres.
The inequality of news
Simon Kuper in the FT Weekend, takes shots at "the news," maybe also at his own
Fascism and Aesthetics
Jeremy Cronin is my favorite Communist. Astute, intellectual and a poet. Cronin is a former political
'I wanna be a Nigerian so freaking bad'
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzbvPa5npmo&w=560&h=349] UPDATE: This video, "I wanna be a Nigerian so freaking bad," by a group of
'Afropolitans'
If in London next Friday. Press Statement from the Victoria and Albert Museum: On 24 June
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTQprlBAmKQ Real World Records has just released (this past Monday) the new album "In Trance" by
The oil complex
Video of a worthwhile lecture (recorded in February this year) by Berkeley geographer Michael Watts breaking down the workings of the oil industry.
Ali Bongo loves America
Gabon’s unsavory Life President came to visit the US. Probably to discuss oil deals. He became collatoral damage in the US right’s media war against Barack Obama. So less time to focus on Bongo. So a win for him then.
The Gautrain
EDITED: Useful summary of the South African government's ambitious plans for the first high-speed commuter train
The Minister of Finance
"The Minister of Finance," one of a series of over the top, mock portraits by Zimbabwean-born,
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGNBS6_0CCw The video for "All the Same" by Vieux Farka Toure, son of Ali, from his
The Cost of Oil to Nigeria
"Nigeria is the world's 8th largest producer of crude oil, yet remains one of its poorest
The Gay Judges in Kenya*
South Africa has an openly gay Judge serving on its highest court, The Constitutional Court. The
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3FfCxlApXI I first saw Kesivan Naidoo play at the Independent Armchair Theater in Observatory. I was
Africa for Dummies
Michael Kirkpatrick, the blogger known as International Global Citizen, has an idea: There is an amazing
'The globe landed on Kenya'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n98Avp2Q8Qo Interesting concept. "Every issue AFAR Magazine chooses a destination at random - by literally spinning