Coming to America
Filmmakers like Nikyatu Jusu, of Sierra Leonean descent, provide reference points for young African immigrants growing up in the West.
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Khayelitsha Blues
South African guitar duo Warongx are two of several artists portrayed in The Creators documentary. Above
Regular people and the international justice system
Images and stories of people being violated still seem to dominate global perceptions of Sierra Leone. Two new films want to undercut that image.
Election Blues
A reader: $1 billion for an election and you’d think ballots would be delivered, on time,
Music Break
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
(Re)construções
Lawrence Lemaoana is one of 13 South African artists selected by curator Daniella Géo for the
'The Problem of Race'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLmUf9MgXcI The political scientist, Siba Grovogui, based at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, interviewed about two
Nairobi in April
Writer Mike Pflanz and photographer Brendan Bannon’s new site Daily Dispatches: Nairobi “… is an innovative
Rebecca Black Incorporated
Seven plus minutes of your life you’ll never get back. Stella Mwangi with “Haba Haba,”Norway’s entry
No Comment
There’s a labor dispute between the NFL, which runs American football, and players (the fight is
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcnxMgGhcOo I love the retro-feel and easy flow of this hiplife tune, “Faithful,” by Okyeame Kwame
Manning Marable
On Monday a new book on Malcolm X by the American intellectual and historian Manning Marable