The World of Tyler Perry
Whatever The New Yorker’s rationale for commissioning a piece on Tyler Perry, the “critic-proof” producer and
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Tribeca Film Festival
I am tired of doing this. Because it is getting predictable. The top-heavy and scattered Tribeca
The Full-Back
I am still on my pre-World Cup binge. Brazil remains odds on favorites to win Africa’s
Apartheid is a museum no one visits
How much do young South Africans, especially college students, know about their history? Not much, if these videos are any indication.
David Goldblatt @ The Jewish Museum
A major retrospective of David Goldblatt‘s photographs opens next month at the Jewish Museum on the
The Tuk-Ham Festival
Via Jeremy Weate at Naijablog: “Photos by Brian Blazek. The Tuk-Ham festival takes place each year
Hasbara Studies
A new website, "Islam in Africa," claims to be a scholarly. On closer inspection, it turns out to be run of the mill Zionist propaganda.
The Politician
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB238bOfbIk&w=480&h=295] This clip of an incoherent, rambling politician ran on South African TV a few weeks
Apartheid was a White Party on Steroids
Annie Liebovitz's insights of South Africa under apartheid was quite ordinary: basically she sound like every other white visitor.
Darfur to Brooklyn
Approximately 300 Darfuri immigrants from Sudan live in Kensington neighboorhood of Brooklyn in New York, making new lives.
The Soap Bar
The Girifna Movement, a social movement in northern Sudan, encourages voting and advocates for peaceful change amidst the country's depressing election scenario.
West Africa just can’t get a break
My latest roundup of happenings that couldn't get the full standalone post treatment.