Music Break. Iyadede
We like stylish Rwandese-Brooklyn singer Iyadede‘s take (in French) on the Theophilus London song “Flying Overseas.”
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Music Break. Raashan Ahmad
This video for Raashan Ahmad left me wondering why I have never taken the train to
On Brand Nigeria
A quick read of comments to recent posts defending gay rights, point to how deep-seated and widespread homophobia is in Nigeria.
Viral Culture: The 2-year old rapper
By midday today almost 120,000 people had viewed the video of 2-year old Khaliyl Iloyi, the
Car Commercials and Primitive Peoples
It could have been just another dull TV ad featuring an Inca boy, Maori warriors, or
Cyberpunk Thriller
Zoo City is set in an alternate Johannesburg, where criminals or those who have serious moral failings, get landed with an animal familiar as a permanent attachment.
No one wants to talk about “the disease”
"Life Above All" has an unbelievable plot and heavy-handed social commentary, but Khomotso Manyaka's excellent performance and a strong supporting cast redeem it.
Music Break. Michael Kiwanuka
Brit-Ugandan singer Michael Kiwanuka (featured here before), who sounds like James Taylor, performs two of his
Beginning Workout
Talking about running: some ad people can make any city look good.
Translating Angola
Why are certain kinds of war stories embraced by critics and go on to find an international audience, while other finely written stories do not?
Something in the water
Africa's best football players come from West Africa. That's just facts.
The documentary imaginery
At the recent Film Africa film festival in London, the new Ethiopian feature film “Atletu” (The