Father figure
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNn2bqNSS6k&w=600&h=369] Filmmaker Kurt Orderson sent me “The Unseen Ones,” his new 19-minute musical documentary about the
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Nicholas Kristof Saves Another Woman
In The New York Times columnit's world, Kenya is just another Third World site of pathos, despair, degradation, and fallen women waiting to be saved.
Hugh Masekela’s Football Skills
There's no record that Hugh Masekela could play football. But he acted like he could kick a ball in a music video.
Tupac Shakur in Africa
Tupac Shakur's intensity did not just appeal to just young people in the United States, but also on the continent.
Music Break / NSZ
Young Mauritians are definitely “Fight[ing] Pu More Freedom.” Organizing through Facebook they’ve been on the streets
We're suppose to celebrate Miss Universe
Miss Angola, Leila Lopes, was crowned Miss Universe over the weekend. One of the judges, a
'The Nigerian Jersey Shore'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8Is90VKyLk Baylor University students (members of the campus African Studies Association) parodies those icons of 21st
'Days of Fire'
“Too much politics and the clang of commerce” is staining 9/11 commemorations here in New York
Music Break / Beirut
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLdCoVnESsY&w=600&h=369] I’ve had this on repeat. New Mexico band Beirut’s mesh of Balkan and “world music”
Typecasting Binyavanga Wainaina
In "One Day I Will Write About This Place," Wainaina wants to create a life uniquely his own.
Music Break / Lexxus
New video for the Congolese AIAC favorite Lexxus, recorded in Kinshasa, featuring the Kinois rapper LeslyMan.
The Real Maids of Beirut
The vast majority of domestic workers in the Middle East are migrant workers. A fair number are from Africa, particularly Kenya and Ethiopia.