Photography. Nana Kofi Acquah
Ghana. Here.
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Occupy Africa
How do Africans–ground zero for resource extraction by the world’s 1%–feel about the now global ‘Occupy’
Viva Kinshasa
One of the most exciting films to come out of the continent recently is the Congolese
Music Break. Bonus Friday Edition
5 for le weekend. “Propaganda” one of a series of songs/videos made by The King’s Will –one
Ghanaians like sex too much to be homophobic
Kwame Anthony Appiah, the Ghanaian philosopher, talks about coming out as gay.
Music Break. X Plastaz
Nice work by Tanzanian crew X Plastaz, with some help of Fid Q, Bamba Nazar and
The films of Sarah Maldoror
Maldoror on filmmaking: "To make a film means to take a position ... I make films so that people—no matter what race or color they are—can understand them."
Woyzeck on the Highveld
In case you were too young to attend William Kentridge’s original version of the early nineties
Music Break. Alabama Shakes
I have a student (born in Texas) who insists he won’t travel to or through Mississippi
Chris Martin’s Brain
Coldplay’s “Paradise” music video is set in South Africa. The video is mostly is an antiquated perception of the country held by many in the West.
'My Africa is in the dark'
Malian rapper Mokobe ripped into French perfumer Jean-Paul Guerlain’s comments about “hard working blacks” in his