Music Break / Gracias
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9DFWp32L6g We plugged Kinshasa-born Gracias not too long ago. This is the video for Mon€y, another
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Tom Devriendt
Tom Devriendt was an editorial board member of Africa is a Country before there was an editorial board.
Music Break / Akala
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEOKgjoxoto There's so much going on in these 8 minutes of rap by Akala, we can
Hillywood
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD2ZHiGmws8&w=600&h=373] The program of selected films and documentaries for this year's Rwanda Film Festival going down
Music Break / DJ Hamma and Jitsvinger
http://vimeo.com/26301164 We liked the previous recent work by DJ Hamma and Jitsvinger. No surprise then the
'The last photo before leaving'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hef6Roa2z3U Kwa Heri Mandima (Goodbye Mandima) is a short film by the French-Dutch director Robert-Jan Lacombe
Independence Day: June 27th, Djibouti
Earlier this year, Djiboutians marched the streets of their capital (where more than half of all
Notes on the South African Experiment
Achille Mbembe (the links are to previous references of Mbembe on this blog) gave a lecture
The music of Madagascar’s young people
Celebrate a country’s independence day by featuring some of the music of its young people. This is Madagascar’s turn today, June 26th.
June 25th, Mozambican Independence
In celebrating Mozambican independence day, we made a list of the most popular music videos in mid-2011.
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=932nXiUN-dY Nice video for "Bienvenue au Cameroun", a track by Cameroonian (yeah) artist Ayriq Akam.
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTRmpJ_EpJE Dub Colossus member Samuel Yirga "plays one night a week in Addis's only jazz club/coffee
"… new trends in Africa and the Diaspora"
At the margins of this year's Art Basel (15-19 June) and curated by Christine Eyene, FOCUS11
The Struggle Continues
The extended Weekend Music Break honors June 16th, 1976, featuring music from young South African artists, many of whom gained recognition online.
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOV5jEa-vwc TV On The Radio's Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone join Tinariwen for this song. BTW,
The POWA Mixtape
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMdM03miCgo Johannesburg-based Tumi of Tumi and The Volume has released a mixtape. It seems to be
Danny MacAskill plays Cape Town
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHLtVhTaZjA We're impressed. Like we were last year. (Via)
The Politics of Necessity
Over the course of fifteen years (1994-2009), Elke Zuern has interviewed civic and social movement leaders,
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnWWGNL5_lo I don't know much about South African musician Fifi the Rai Blaster but I like
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTa28a8QKo4 I haven't heard Michael Kiwanuka's debut EP yet, but this song is promising, to say
Beyoncé and the Hyena
We’re not sure what Beyonce is trying to say with her music video for her female empowerment song, “Run the World.” You’re guest is as good as ours.