Ghanaians like sex too much to be homophobic
Kwame Anthony Appiah, the Ghanaian philosopher, talks about coming out as gay.
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Fanti Love Song
… To New York City? By Ghanaian crooner M3NSA off his new album.
Music Break / Lousika
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdh32XjNWTE The video for French-Ghanaian female MC, Lousika’s “No Bee Aloo” says more about where popular
‘The Art of El Anatsui’
Film Review by Elliot Ross* Making a film about an artist whose work is as beautiful
Blitz The Ambassador Speaks
Blitz The Ambassador talks about the initial reception of his music (“slow”), the musical Fela! (“it
Music Break / Y'akoto
German-Ghanian singer Y’akoto’s biography on her website made me look up the meaning of the word
Music Break
I forgot. I wanted to give AIAC’s Boima a shoutout for his Ghetto Balms Mix Tape
Music Break
Some new Ghanaian hiplife from PAPPYKOJO.
Music Break
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih4zoQGlOf8&w=560&h=349] Mikey AKA Kesse Babe, from Nigeria’s Project Fame reality TV show, comes with a
The Bronx, Ghana
From a New York Daily News story (from earlier this year) about Twi (Ghanaian language) courses
The Representation of Ghana
Could "Sakawa," a form of internet scamming popular in Ghana, be a means by which to make to sense of contemporary life there?
Native Son
Youtube is streaming all of the 44-odd minutes of Blitz the Ambassador’s second studio album, “Native
'Suffer'
New video from M.anifest H/T: Peter Rachleff
'Dear Africa'
Off his new album, Blitz the Ambassador featuring Les Nubians. Free download here.
John Akomfrah is Brilliant
British filmmaker John Akonfrah will be artist-in-residence this Spring at New York University's Institute of African American Affairs.
The Race Card
Bridging the Western art world and the West African film industry, London-based artist Doug Fishbone cast
On the Road with Ebo Taylor
Following the release of “Love and Death”, Ebo Taylor is touring in Europe these days. Although
A Ghanaian Election
A new documentary film chronicles what happened in 2008, when only for second time, since Ghana ended military rule in 1992, that power would change hands through an election.
Photo: Eileen Perrier
From Eileen Perrier‘s “Red, Gold and Green” Series (1996).