Music Break / Fatoumata Diawara
Easy listening. ‘Bassa’ is a song by the Côte d’Ivoire-born, Mali-raised and now France-based artist Fatoumate
Culture
August 11, Chad
There’s still time left to recognize Chad’s Independence Day today, and keeping with our regular feature,
Music Break / Lalcko
French-Cameroonian rapper Lalcko released a strong record earlier this year: ‘L’eau lave mais l’argent rend propre.’
An American Singer in Mali
Adam Klein from Georgia in the United States wants to blend rustic acoustic Mande music with American roots music.
Music Break / Y'akoto
German-Ghanian singer Y’akoto’s biography on her website made me look up the meaning of the word
Sampling Semenya
An interview in a (South African) Sunday paper with a ‘hopping mad’ Caiphus Semenya (the South
Harlem is Nowhere
Excerpt from Sharifa Rhodes Pitts‘ memoir of the black metropolis, “Harlem is Nowhere,” which came out
Music Break / Maurice Kirya
“Wooye” by Ugandan crooner Maurice Kirya.
Nicolas Jaar covers Abdullah Ibrahim
From May this year: “… an unrehearsed, first-take cut” of Nicolas Jaar‘s remix (recorded in London)
Independence Day: Côte d’Ivoire
Côte d’Ivoire celebrated their 51st year of independence from France yesterday. Music has played a role
Weekend Special, August 5
The famine in the Horn of Africa has revived the debate about “starvation photography.” The blog
August 5, Burkina Faso
Upper Volta became independent on this day in 1960. In 1984, Thomas Sankara changed its name to Burkina Faso.
Princess Fatu
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZriKcTa2YUk&w=600&h=373] Back in the states, I’m going to be able to fulfill my promise to
The new auteur in South African cinema
An Interview with film director Oliver Hermanus, who has made "Skoonheid," a film about homophobia, sexual violence and white Afrikaner masculinity. Hermanus is a coloured and black director.
Chief Boima plays Lincoln Center
He’s not just a blogger. This Sunday, August 7, at Lincoln Center DJ Chief Boima, who
August 3, Niger
Let’s celebrate Niger’s independence day with a recording of Omara “Bombino” Moctar, whose story of exile
Cape Doctor
Photo Credit: Doreen R [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/19741147″]
Muthoni The Drummer Queen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywfyv5fdgM4 Your Music Break: from Nairobi. Via Kate Bomz
Vargas Llosa in Congo
Not sure whether Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa’s new novel, El Sueño del Celta (The Dream
Simphiwe Dana and Mthwakazi
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjyibxWzWkA&w=600&h=373] Your Music Break: Simphiwe Dana, live, singing in Xhosa, accompanied by another South African singer, Mthwakazi,