
Coming to America
Filmmakers like Nikyatu Jusu, of Sierra Leonean descent, provide reference points for young African immigrants growing up in the West.

Filmmakers like Nikyatu Jusu, of Sierra Leonean descent, provide reference points for young African immigrants growing up in the West.
South African guitar duo Warongx are two of several artists portrayed in The Creators documentary. Above

Images and stories of people being violated still seem to dominate global perceptions of Sierra Leone. Two new films want to undercut that image.
A reader: $1 billion for an election and you’d think ballots would be delivered, on time,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK_u-AAIYUM Today is Senegal’s independence day. Carlou D transformed himself from the rapper he was in

Lawrence Lemaoana is one of 13 South African artists selected by curator Daniella Géo for the
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLmUf9MgXcI The political scientist, Siba Grovogui, based at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, interviewed about two

Writer Mike Pflanz and photographer Brendan Bannon’s new site Daily Dispatches: Nairobi “… is an innovative
Seven plus minutes of your life you’ll never get back. Stella Mwangi with “Haba Haba,”Norway’s entry

There’s a labor dispute between the NFL, which runs American football, and players (the fight is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcnxMgGhcOo I love the retro-feel and easy flow of this hiplife tune, “Faithful,” by Okyeame Kwame
On Monday a new book on Malcolm X by the American intellectual and historian Manning Marable