Our People
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0mPUpojd84&w=500&h=307&rel=0] This past summer at least three prominent figures of the Cape Town jazz scene–the saxophone
Culture
The Scramble for Vinyl
The trend among rare-groove DJs to make money of "discovering" and "rediscovering" old vinyl in Africa and then rereleasing the music under their own labels.
Music Mondays
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SK_Z_LGEac&w=500&h=301&rel=0] These guys are obsessed with the elements. The band is named for the cold current
Simphiwe Dana Speaks
Simphiwe Dana is probably the most talented female singer of her generation from South Africa. (Thandiswa
The Pan African Space Station
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dydtXJ94CE&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Detroit DJ and producer, Theo Parrish, is one of the artists slated to appear at the
Music Break
[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/14091396 w=500&h=281] The debut music video from Nigerian-born, “alternative-soul” artist, Bez. The video was shot in
V.S. Naipaul does Africa
The British writer V.S. Naipaul’s previous forays into Africa were fictional: The novels “A Bend in
Music for Africa
This 60 minute radio program on the music and ideas of Oumou Sangare–known as “The Songbird
As-Salāmu Alaykum
[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/13045384 w=600&h=368] This short clip of Brooklyn’s Mos Def, offering greetings while performing at the most
Who Are We?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zoqsw3n8D6g&w=500&h=307&rel=0] My man Gary Younge, New York-based feature writer and columnist for The Guardian, has a
The Liberation of Afrikaans
A new film - and play - want to mainstream Afrikaans' creole origins; a historical reality odds with Afrikaner nationalist visions of language.
Music Mondays
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_TU7lhqnN0&w=500&h=307&rel=0] From an article in last week’s “Detroit Metro Times”: ‘… In the ’60s, Motown was
The Worse Rapper on The Internets?
That’s the only way to explain the “career” of the really bad rapper, Bangs (Sudan-born, Australian-based),
Cape Town Styling
The postponed revolution of South African fashion blogger Malibongwe Tyilo.
Africa: The Final Frontier
The new colonialism: the Africa being carved up into game reserves and concession areas to provide exclusive eco experiences for the rich.
Review: ‘Héritage Congo’
Guest Blogger, Tom DeVriendt Pitcho Womba Konga hails from Congo but moved to Belgium at the
100% African Rock
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Monday Blues
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8VOKhRr0eg&w=500&h=300&rel=0] The latest video by the original hip hop artist Gil Scott Heron–who is back. This