Music Break. Elom 20ce
‘Ya Foye’ will be on Togolese Elom 20ce’s (“Elom Vince”) album Anagezik that comes out in
Culture
Paul Simon’s Graceland Reconsidered
Paul Simon's Graceland album and tour defied the cultural boycott, yet some argue it positively influenced South African music and politics in the late 1980s.
Sarkodie
http://youtu.be/il7o5zG7jB0?t=12s Sarkodie takes a break from the Azonto and jumps on a Hammer beat, getting back to
Hollandaise sauce
The children of immigrants prefer Francois Hollande and the Socialists in France's presidential elections. (Paris is a Continent, number7.)
Mixtapes and Megaupload
I was going to post the link to Das Racist’s latest offering, a funny, irreverent and
Friday Music Bonus Edition
Let’s do a Friday Diaspora edition. There are some half-baked attempts at linking the videos in
The African Cup of Nations preview
The 28th edition of the African Cup of Nations kicks off in Gabon and Equitorial Guinea
A cappella colonial mentality
http://youtu.be/wnGy2Dtr3MQ Blitz the Ambassador, a staple on AIAC, has been releasing these videos (titled “Koshka Sessions”)
Music Break. Alabama Shakes
Remember the Alabama Shakes–the best band of 2011. At the heart of the Alabama Shakes–the best
Busted Rhymes
Gebaste Rhymes sent us a link to his single ‘Kaap issie Bom’ [translated: Cape is the
January in Cairo III
We can deduce certain trends about Egyptian painting and the nature of its buyers.
The French advantage
The largest delegation of foreign coaches at Afcon is French and 8 squads draw more players from the French leagues, than elsewhere.
Remember Caster Semenya
The story of Caster Semenya was always a story of a Black African woman, and was equally always the story of a Black woman.
The Ministry of Culture
In the wake of January 2011, art is not yet able to understand the exemplary demography of the Egyptian people.
Rock Angola
Rock music has been popular in Angola since the late colonial period and forms part of a complex urban soundscape in the country.
Remembering Tunisia
A series of public portraits by the young French-Algerian artist Bilel Kaltoun honors the martyrs of Tunisia's revolution.
Paying homage
Pitchom, Batida, Vieux Farka Toure, P-Unit, Sauti Sol and Tinariwen comprise our weekly Music Break.
Egypt on Film
Aflam, a new Belgian "festival of Arab cinema," features seven new and recent films about Egypt in Brussels.
Nas’s Angola Blues
Nas gets caught up in a musical scandal in Angola. Not how he wanted to make a connection to the continent.
Trevor Noah’s “whole African American thing”
Throwback: What happened when Trevor Noah made his debut on American network TV.