Lesotho’s Independence Day
Even though music in Lesotho is dominated by its South African neighbors, there are local genres and artists which have managed to fare well commercially.
Culture
Another African wins the Nobel?
At least 3 African writers are favorites for the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature. They'd be the 5th African winner.
Moscow Hair
The Ivorian international and CSKA Moscow footballer, Seydou Doumbia about the hardest thing to secure in the Russian capital: It's hard to get a fade.
Getting soft bellies
Our latest Weekend Special includes a lot of football (soccer) and that the United States is “the most Africanized nation in the Western world.”
Political R&B
“Before they lay your body down / you got to change the world before you six feet under the ground.”
This is Freedom: The Mandela Reality TV Show
Nelson and Winnie Mandela's descendants fought apartheid for the right to make a reality TV show and South Africans fought for the right see it.
Holland is Kaaps
Afrikaans has its roots as a Dutch Creole, spoken by slaves, slave masters and workers of the Dutch East India Company at the Cape. A South African theater company took the play to The Netherlands.
Law and Disorder
"Law and Order," opened its 13th season with a very transparent plot based on the Dominique Strauss Kahn rape case. It is not very good.
Muslim American Slave
Islam first came to North America with slavery, yet no major studio film has centered on the life of a Muslim American slave. Ibn Said's remarkable life could be a start.
Karl Marx Was Right
The mainstream is waking to the prescience of the old man's ideas.