Some Men in South Africa
A 13-year-old South African girl is the latest victim of “corrective rape,” in which men rape
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We’ve featured Dutch R&B singer, Ntjam Rosie, here before. We had to do it again.
Africa’s media considered
What is the state of the media in Africa? And how is it dealing with perhaps the biggest emerging story continent-wide, the rise of the extractive sector?
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbhplk5rljc With a nod to the 1990s, one of our favorites, DJ Premier, presents “A New
Letter from Tunis
Tunisia, which kickstarted the "Arab Spring," is in a long pause between longtime dictator Ben Ali’s flight and elections scheduled for July 2011.
Music Break
Based in Pretoria, MsSupa shot and edited the video for her ‘Dreams’ herself, she tells us.
The films of Kivu Ruhorahoza
A sobering representation of the psychic scars that still haunt many Rwandans after the 1994 genocide.
Music Break
L.A. singer Jimetta Rose (whom you might know from her guest vocals on Shafiq Husayn’s debut
Made in Africa
I’m in the suburbs of Toronto this weekend and I go to bed early nowadays (my
Postapartheid Ideology
The video for “Go Getter,” by Johannesburg’s MB featuring Malika, which I saw playing once or
Mad Max in Botswana
Botswana has a thriving heavy metal scene. These metal heads have their own specific style too.
Magnificent
Earlier this week ESPN won seven Sports Emmy Awards, including one for music during the 2010