Cameras and the Indian Ocean
In 1883, the Sultan of Zanzibar, Barghash bin Said, commissioned a camera obscura room in the tower of
Culture
African films in Colombian cinemas
How would Colombian audiences react to films from Africa?
Loit Sols & Churchil Naude, live from Coffebeans Routes in Cape Town!
Here it is, your live stream of “If you can’t see me, are you really there?” concert
Dance culture is as strong as ever
Here's Hipsters Don’t Dance "Top World Carnival Tunes" for June 2015.
I’ve always been a writer
Spoken word artist Taylor Steele, one of the participating artists of the New York based series, 'Afropolitan presents' - that takes place at Meridian23 at the end of June 2015 - talks about her craft.
Setting Liberia’s political pot onto a full boil
Takun J stirs the Liberian streets with calls for justice and accountability.
Stream Africa is a Country’s live concert partnership with Coffebeans Routes, this Thursday
As we announced earlier this month, Africa is a Country is teaming up with Coffeebeans Routes
Let Kenyan planes fly
The writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o on the Kenyan government’s habit of inhibiting the country’s talents.
Gazing at a distance
Two exhibits at the same museum: one seeking to deconstruct the white Western gaze, the other perpetuating it.
Vamba Sherif’s ‘Bound to Secrecy’ is masterful storytelling
In 2012, The Economist Magazine’s style blog, Prospero, featured an essay titled “War and Peace in
Weekend Music Break No.78
South Carolina and the island that Haitians and Dominicans share is on our minds this weekend, so
Blood dripping from his head
A painful, violent story of migration captured in the song "Lagos" - for our series "Liner Notes," in which musicians talk about making music.
Buika is the best
Earlier this week I was at the launch of a friend’s excellent book about music piracy.
Freedom, youth and remembrance
In the documentary "Remembered Futures" the filmmakers interrogate the ways South Africans understand their own history and how this affects their futures.
Hillbrow invasion with @YoungstaCPT
Cape Town-based wordsmith Youngsta’s been in Johannesburg for a few weeks, here on a mission to build bridges and shake
What’s the word? Sister/woman have you heard from Manenberg?
To honor the June 16, 1976 Soweto Uprising, aka Youth Day, the Rock Girls are on
Badvertising and the Soweto Uprising
The worst crime of a new ad "celebrating" the martyrs of 1976 is the message does not accord with the realities of young black South Africans.
Weekend Music Break No.77
Weekend Music Break, your weekly round up of hot tunes and music news from around the
No exoticism, no promos, just the music
The Hipsters Don’t Dance "Top World Carnival Tunes" for May 2015.
Swaziland’s Bushfire
The Southern African country, Swaziland, is an absolute monarchy characterized by widespread oppression. It also hosts the Bushfire Music Festival.