The Unofficial World Cup Song?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM_Ew6zsnDY&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Is this playful ode to coloured identity,* becoming the unofficial World Cup anthem? Apparently South
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM_Ew6zsnDY&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Is this playful ode to coloured identity,* becoming the unofficial World Cup anthem? Apparently South

Alexandra Fuller highlights the deeply ingrained sociological, economic, and political problems that still persist in South Africa as a result of apartheid.

The UK Observer, despite its best attempts, does not have its finger on the pulse of the South African literary scene. The World Cup didn't help.

The artist Andrew Putter make use of the past to construct images of how we might live together in the future.

The cover of the May issue of the Spanish edition of Esquire gets into the World
[slideshow] From new work by Cape Town-based photographer Araminta de Clarmont. A photo series on ikrwala

Does it sometimes seem like all technology and internet-related projects in and on Africa have to serve some grand purpose?

“Patience,” another track of the much anticipated “Distant Relatives” project. Nas and Damian Marley channels Amadou
[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/10881896 w=500&h=281] Love this video and rapper Jalin Rose‘s flow. The sample is off Ski’s “24

Apparently on a Chicago TV station. Let’s hope this a spoof. Otherwise it explains this kind

The very talented Ivorian artist Paul Sika (I’ve linked to Paul’s work last year on my

It is still okay to create the most objectionable stereotypes about certain Africans and for it to be considered fine. This time: India.