Anything is Possible for Kentridge
If you haven’t seen this documentary (trailer above) on South African artist William Kentridge yet, take
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Music Break: Gugulethu’s rooftops
You’ll rarely see local rap artists, especially ones from Cape Town, on South African music video channels. But not if Driemanskap had anything to do with it.
T.I.A.* (Jersey Shore Edition)
You’d never thought you’d see Ronnie and Pauli D from the MTV reality TV show “Jersey
African Immigrant Life in New York City
Students in my Media and Africa seminar at The New School create short video profiles of African immigrant experiences in New York City. Here I highlight a few of the striking ones.
Music Break. Simphiwe Dana
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=829dg3GN7aM&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Does it matter whether we know where a music video was shot? Probably not, but
Akon makes no sense
The Senegalese-American R&B singer, Akon, imagines himself some kind of African political leader and regularly opines on comparisons between African countries and the US. We wished he didn't.
The Indians are coming
This is an ad to promote the wares of Willow TV—the California-based portal for live Internet
Music Break
The guys from Fresk have opinions, but we will go into that another day. Until then,
Giant Killers
[The wealthy Congolese club and current African Champions League cup holders] TP Mazembe Englebert have produced
The Fire Next Time
Some Brooklyn business. You know I live here. Read it here.–Sean Jacobs
Do you need another rap film?
Do the foregrounding of celebrities and stories of human tragedy help or hurt two new films about hip hop in Uganda?
Music Break
Femi Kuti and his band strip it down for La Blogothèque, some hours before they got