Against the Values of the Market
Johnny Issel, who has died at age 68, was a prominent activist for leftist social movements in 1980s South Africa.
South Africa
South Africa’s Glorious Moment
it is a testament to the hosts that my young daughter insists South Africa won the 2010 World Cup.
Music Break
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yl5LaocojO4&w=500&h=307&rel=0] The music video for “Die Heuwels Fantasies” by South African (Afrikaans) band, Noorderlig. I am
Pushed to the Limit
Political economist Hein Marais’ 1998 book, “South Africa Limits to Change: The Political Economy of Transition,”
Shameless Self Promotion: World Cup edition
Look out for a a special issue of African Journalism Studies on “The Fifa World Cup 2010
African Immigrant Life in New York City
Students in my Media and Africa seminar at The New School create short video profiles of African immigrant experiences in New York City. Here I highlight a few of the striking ones.
The Indians are coming
This is an ad to promote the wares of Willow TV—the California-based portal for live Internet
Music Break
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPPYQaAJR5U&w=500&h=307&rel=0] South African DJ Hamma (former member of Brasse Vannie Kaap, these days “1/3rd of the
Music Break
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNFRVmtz1GA&w=500&h=307&rel=0] South African artist Lesego Rampolokeng, who grew up in Soweto, performing his “Fela Sermon” live
Invictus is not a country
Writer Imraan Coovadia, on lit magazine n+1‘s blog, writing about the tenplate for “the South African
The African childhoods of white expats
Are publishers unwilling to back anything besides more of the same tried, tested and tired old formula?
Picture the Children
In December 2009 the photographer Emmanuel Andre and filmmaker Stephanie Wang Breal went on a trip
Learning Zulu
The author, a German journalist new to South Africa, writes about her first impressions and experiences, especially with local whites; so different from anything she knew or experienced before.
Music Break
If you’re into house music (I can tolerate some of it) it’s worth listening to this
'The Janitor'
When the Johannesburg Art Gallery bought one of Mr. [Gerard] Sekoto’s paintings in 1940, they had
Jacob Zuma Time
Sean Jacobs Note from a friend who closely watches the South African political scene: Below [the
White People Eat Fried Chicken
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH_WxJVxHcw&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Allison Swank Just as Nelson Mandela went underground as the Black Pimpernel in 1961 to
How democracy is lived
From nationalism, we have passed to chauvinism, and finally to racism. Why are South Africa's middle classes not mobilizing against xenophobia.
Traffic Report
Ahead of every World Cup or Olympics, sensational media reports of sex trafficking and prostitution are never borne out by facts.
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.