10 African films to watch out for, N°12
Here's another list of 10 films in the making or already finished. Two long fiction features
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Tom Devriendt
Tom Devriendt was an editorial board member of Africa is a Country before there was an editorial board.
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWwbE50GR6A This summer's Fuse ODG #ANTENNADANCE competition ("one person controlling the other using azonto movements") courtesy
Does it matter where an African film ends and begins
The eleventh edition of African films we’d like to get on people’s radars. We can’t guarantee that these films will be available everywhere.
Stripping back the facade of modern hip-hop to reveal its African roots
Tendai Maraire of Shabazz Palaces breaks down his ‘Pungwe’ mixtape for us.
Hair politics over a church loop
In this Weekend Bonus Music Break, No.23, features musicians as diverse as Ghanaian-Swiss duo, OY, to familier sightings on Africa Is a Country: Spoek Mathambo and Sinkane.
10 films to watch out for, N°9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUC0L778hTI In no particular order, here are another 10 films -- still in production, recently completed
Weekend Music Break, N°22
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QtmTYDnJ7A I'm taking cues from Africa is a Country's contributors this week. First up, Boima dropped
There’s an African film festival in Scotland
Africa in Motion, Scotland's African Film Festival, kicks off in Edinburgh and Glasgow today. Here's a
My favorite photographs N°9: Halida Boughriet
On show at the Islamic Cultures Institute in Paris until January, 50 Years of Reflection, is
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°21
http://youtu.be/i1z5W_FZxtA Nigerian-Swedish pop star Dr Alban features in this new St. John's Dance video above. Swedish-Finnish-Gambian
Are there enough African films
This new batch of films are set in Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Sudan, Morocco, Kenya, South Africa and Mauritius.
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°20
This week Nigeria--yes the country whose history Rick Ross mangled in his latest music video (Ross
10 films to watch out for, N°5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOQDPR5cR7o 'One Man's Show' is the latest film by Newton I. Aduaka (probably best known for
My favorite photographs N°8: Sydelle Willow Smith
Among the most striking portraits in South African photographer and filmmaker Sydelle Willow Smith's online portfolio
10 African films to watch out for, N°4
Here are another 10 films we're hoping to see in the (near) future. First, three "fiction"
Discovering a country through film
Number 3 in our series of short descriptions of ten new African films to watch out for.
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iverlIH__h8 Another ten music videos that we've been playing a lot recently. The first one above.
Big Frizzle’s ‘Africa’
This music video for Big Frizzle's 'All Black Everything', produced by London-based media house GlobalFaction made
My favorite photographs N°5: Abraham Oghobase
Born in Lagos, photographer and artist Abraham Oghobase still lives in the Nigerian metropolis. His work
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°17
Rounding up some music videos we've been tweeting over the past weeks, this is your Friday