Postapartheid Ideology
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOiOkDRQv_w The video for "Go Getter," by Johannesburg's MB featuring Malika, which I saw playing once
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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.
Mad Max in Botswana
Botswana has a thriving heavy metal scene. These metal heads have their own specific style too.
Magnificent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUlyWkM8aAs Earlier this week ESPN won seven Sports Emmy Awards, including one for music during the
'For the Africans in the Diaspora'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkDVUVosSgA From somewhere in American suburbia, the very frank, at times trite The Ten Minute Fix,
Ivorians in Liberia
Glenna Gordon's photography focuses on a neglected angle of the Ivorian crisis--since the most recent episode
Animal Farm
In Cape Town this January, Ken Salo invited Jessica and I to presentations by summer abroad
The ANC Goes Pop
Political parties in South Africa have a new challenge during elections: commissioning a pop ditty people can dance to while political candidates make empty promises from stages.
The Representation of Ghana
Could “Sakawa,” a form of internet scamming popular in Ghana, be a means by which to make to sense of contemporary life there?
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGIHzkWwxVg
Prince Amukamara of New York
It's the socialist National Football League (of America's) Draft in New York City this week and
Media Criticism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnYJI4QTpXs From the United States of America, a country of "sideshows and carnival barkers."
This is Freedom
The new reality show “Clifton Shores,” promises Americans “fun” views of life in Cape Town. Without trying it probably will expose the ugly reality of racism and inequality in the city.