'Nigeria's first fashion magazine'
Part promotion, part video profile of “Mania,” a new Nigerian magazine billed as a first of
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'America as … point of reference'
The artist Dawn Okoro (take the link to her blog) on her most recent work: I’ve
March 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZg18qsycBk It’s late already, but it is still March 6: Ghana Independence Day. Dutch rapper Kno’Ledge
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7boL1EkW7M Mos Def, “Umi Says,” Live at the Austin City Limits Festival 2009.
When Richard Pryor dressed up as “a tribal bushman”
This was for the cover art of one of his comedy albums: "The cover looked totally real, like a cover of National Geographic."
Dakar Modern
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWbSVS0AmtA] I’ve been wanting to post for a while now about the Digital Diaspora Family Reunion. Primarily
John Akomfrah is Brilliant
British filmmaker John Akonfrah will be artist-in-residence this Spring at New York University's Institute of African American Affairs.
'Real African Music'
Thanks to HavePlentyMusic I saw that big time house producers experimenting with Kuduro for a few
Teju Cole takes the City
Our man Teju Cole’s novel “Open City,” set in post-9/11 New York City, is doing better
Konfab's Lost Tapes
Pioneer Unit’s on fire. Yet another release by the Cape Town label, this time a collection
The Women of Tahrir
Images by anthropologist Yasmin Moll. For more work by Moll, watch Fashioning Faith or read her
The American Right’s problem with Kenya
How did Kenya and Kenyans get their reputations in US politics, particularly among U.S.. rightwingers, as anti-American?