Music Break. Ghostpoet
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1 Mike Skinner playing keys in this “improvised” video for Ghostpoet makes perfect sense. The online
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Wonder Woman can beat breast cancer
The Mozambican Associação da Luta Contra o Cancer (ALCC) enlists female superheroes to raise awareness around
Celebrating African women filmmakers
Two events in London this year focused on female filmmakers working in African cinema. This is
New Films
This list is partly self-indulgent. It is also a way–hopefully weekly–for me to keep an online
The fear-riddled DNA
A new ad for how DNA works feeds into a fear-riddled white South African state of mind about black crime and blacks-as-a-class as criminals.
Shameless Self Promotion
Occasionally we have to promote our day jobs. Here are some excerpts from an op-ed that
"The Somali Neurosis"
14-minute clip from a recent TV profile by Norwegian television of a visit by Somali novelist
Kenya Independence Day
Three Kenyan videos to remember today’s Independence Day. Three popular tunes for our Independence meme. A
The Economist’s “Africa”
The Economist changed its verdict from "Hopeless Africa" to "Africa Rising" in eleven years. But few care about the latest verdict.
Adapting African literature for the screen
In a recent video interview (first spotted on film blog Shadow and Act), Kenyan film director
The new sheriff
About a week ago, the International Criminal Court announced that Fatou Bensouda would succeed Luis Moreno
Helping Themba
The Dutch ‘Stop Aids Now!’ campaigns have a long tradition of appealing to potential donors in