A more complete narrative about global hip hop
An interview with documentary filmmaker, Adam Sjöberg, on the choices he made for his film, “Shake the Dust,” about documentary.
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Sheila Adufutse
Sheila Adufutse is a feminist activist and trained as a project manager.
Morocco joins the miniskirt wars
In Morocco, the real story is once more that of women organizing, pushing back and pushing forward, creating new spaces precisely where others try to shut them down.
New Music Series #RespecTheProducer – Battlekat On Working With Flabba
This article is part of a series of articles on music producers throughout the African continent
Weekend Music Break No.79
An abbreviated music break for the weekend of July 4th, 2015: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLseDnIPw8h8I7z-xv9TnRXEurFQBKTI6b Joey B and
Can Football Still be Political?
Chile’s 2015 Copa America win won’t heal any of the political or social issues Chile is dealing with. But that’s fine.
What about this cartoon
What happened when an Argentinean cartoonist took inspiration from an iconic moment in African-American struggle, replaced the black athletes with monochrome white figures to make a point about gay rights.
Why is Facebook asking me how to pronounce my name?
Facebook has decided my name is weird and hard and I have to prevent awkward situations by teaching my “Friends” how to say it.
Hillary and Bill Clinton’s Past in Haiti
It’s surprising how little the failures and destruction of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s presence in Haiti have been brought up so far.
An Independence Manifesto
Black people should not be held not responsible for the social limits and ideologies undergirding legal structures.
Echoes of Zaire: Popular Painting from Lubumbashi, DRC
In the 1970s, a Congolese painter named Tshibumba Kanda Matulu began to paint a history of
Colombia and the search for truth
The agreement to establish a truth commission for Colombia have the sides looking at the South African experience.
Africa is a Radio: Episode #12
Discussion on this episode of Africa is a Radio features a report back from Sean Jacobs
No country for widows
The astonishing lengths to which the South African state went to demean and diminish Marikana miners, dead and living, and their loved ones.
What Does Democracy Feel Like for Gay South Africans?
During a visit to Durban Pride, the authors conclude that democracy feels strange. For one, it feels like increased LGBTI visibility and increased backlash.
Cameras and the Indian Ocean
In 1883, the Sultan of Zanzibar, Barghash bin Said, commissioned a camera obscura room in the tower of
African films in Colombian cinemas
How would Colombian audiences react to films from Africa?
Loit Sols & Churchil Naude, live from Coffebeans Routes in Cape Town!
Here it is, your live stream of "If you can't see me, are you really there?" concert
Dance culture is as strong as ever
Here’s Hipsters Don’t Dance “Top World Carnival Tunes” for June 2015.
Issa Hayatou: MVP?
Is the Confederation of African Football’s president advancing the continent’s football or entangling it in geopolitics that could backfire and have lasting consequences?
I’ve always been a writer
Spoken word artist Taylor Steele, one of the participating artists of the New York based series, ‘Afropolitan presents’ – that takes place at Meridian23 at the end of June 2015 – talks about her craft.