Music Break
The video for “All the Same” by Vieux Farka Toure, son of Ali, from his new
Culture
Music Break
I first saw Kesivan Naidoo play at the Independent Armchair Theater in Observatory. I was living
'The globe landed on Kenya'
Interesting concept. “Every issue AFAR Magazine chooses a destination at random – by literally spinning a
The Global Imagination of James Baldwin
An interview with Rich Blint, a James Baldwin scholar. Biggest takeaway: Baldwin lamented the fragile human impulse for categorization.
Not in My Name
What's it like seeing your work on display, only to realize it's been taken over and remade by someone else to give a totally different meaning.
The Best African Movie
The Congolese film, Viva Riva, is no high-minded, French-funded "cinema" — it’s a gritty gangster film.
Music Break
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X0nq5nGvPU&w=560&h=349] As a bonus, see also the 10-minute video for “Clap” also off “W.A.R.,” below. This
The Politics of Necessity
Over the course of fifteen years (1994-2009), Elke Zuern has interviewed civic and social movement leaders,
Sierra Leone’s Own TV
An interview with the founders of a media center providing technical, artistic and vocational support to filmmakers in Freetown.
Music Break
[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/24394476 w=580&h=324] The new music video for “Drip Dry” by the Johannesburg hipsters Dirty Paraffin. The
'Short Cut'
The trailer for the feature film “Short Cut” (to be directed by Norman Maake) about the
Music Break
I don’t know much about South African musician Fifi the Rai Blaster but I like this
Andrew Dosunmu's 'Restless City'
I recently missed out on seeing a special screening (at BAM in Brooklyn) of “Restless City,”
Out of Africa
Vanity Fair’s June issue has a profile. of Hillary Clinton. It contains tons of information about
Music Break
Mayer Hawthorne featuring guitarist Dennis Coffey.
'Three soldiers from Somalia'
I reread that infamous 2010 New Yorker profile. of Gil Scott Heron earlier today. I was
'More Time'
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozL1rmcI-eY&w=560&h=349] Linton Kwesi Johnson exhorting us to slow down a bit.
Africa Day
The Very Best–a collaboration of Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit–has a new mixtape. It came out a few
Beyoncé and the Hyena
We're not sure what Beyonce is trying to say with her music video for her female empowerment song, "Run the World." You're guest is as good as ours.