http://youtu.be/tLyhZlgWIpM This is a random selection of ten films we don't know much about, yet, but

My grandmother had a pub where wayfarers, fishermen, their wives, officers and anybody who had trouble

http://vimeo.com/26876381 This is a bit older, but still worth watching. Above is a short clip from

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGset8Etl4o Above is how people keep warm in Johannesburg winters. And below is what you hope

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKvRnvP3jY8 Fofo-born Shokanti released a video this week in celebration of Cape Verdean Independence (slipping in

Guest post by Rosie Spinks Hear the words ‘alternative energy in Africa’ and you might think

http://vimeo.com/42715280 The text that comes with Agata Pietron's photographs of youth in Kiwanja and Rutshuru (North

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5ASWQDUzNQ Quite the mixed bag this week. 'Disco Malapaa' by Arusha's Jambo Squad above; nine more

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HyQCfTub0E Tchobari duo shot the video for 'Quem Mandou? (Me Nascer)' in Catambor, Luanda "to show

10 songs we've been listening to this week. First up -- and fresh -- Gaël Faye

By the end of 2004, Côte d'Ivoire’s civil war had cooled to a simmer, but the

Your weekly #musicbreak roundup. Mokobe and Oumou Sangare pray for peace in Mali: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqptS0Kt_Ns Yasiin Bey,

Cécile Mella (remember her portraits of the Cape Town ad world) will be showing her photography

Since 2004, Le Salon africain (part of the annual Geneva Book Fair) awards the Ahmadou Kourouma

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA6F553L17g 'I am Malawi' is a short documentary by Geert Veuskens and Pieter de Vos. (Part

Since Friday's Special was reserved to Sierra Leone -- and for archival purposes -- here's your

Nowadays we're doing multiple #musicbreaks on Twitter and Facebook when the spirits move us. We figured we'd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3QJ_wOUxig From the Otelo Burning soundtrack (we still owe the soundtrack a review), here's 'Walk on

In the introduction to The World According to Bylex, Filip De Boeck and Koen Van Synghel