Egypt on Film
Aflam, a new Belgian “festival of Arab cinema,” features seven new and recent films about Egypt in Brussels.
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Tom Devriendt
Tom Devriendt was an editorial board member of Africa is a Country before there was an editorial board.
Young warriors of light
What is with the increasing use of sci-fi and horror elements in fairly recent music videos and films by African artists.
10 African Albums of the Year, 2011
If people still bought full albums, we would suggest them buying these 10 from 2011 for their friends. Like we will.
R.I.P. Cesária Évora
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yffEiWHIoZI&w=600&h=349] This morning, Cape Verdean singer Cesária Évora passed away in Mandelo, São Vicente, the island
Music Break. Friday Bonus Edition
Ploughing through the blog's archives to come up with a fair selection of ten videos for
Music Break. Ghostpoet
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1 Mike Skinner playing keys in this "improvised" video for Ghostpoet makes perfect sense. The online
The fear-riddled DNA
A new ad for how DNA works feeds into a fear-riddled white South African state of mind about black crime and blacks-as-a-class as criminals.
Kenya Independence Day
Three Kenyan videos to remember today's Independence Day. Three popular tunes for our Independence meme. A
Helping Themba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJHGTYOUg3Q The Dutch 'Stop Aids Now!' campaigns have a long tradition of appealing to potential donors
Music Break. Raashan Ahmad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTkNN2QC7nY This video for Raashan Ahmad left me wondering why I have never taken the train
Car Commercials and Primitive Peoples
http://vimeo.com/33161098 It could have been just another dull TV ad featuring an Inca boy, Maori warriors,
Beginning Workout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMAmTuVVUX0 Talking about running: some ad people can make any city look good.
Giving the Bizness
This is our third Music Break post. It is curated by anthropologist Tom DeVriendt, who may just take a liking to keep doing them.
GAL draws Africa
71-year-old GAL draws a weekly cartoon for the Belgian magazine Knack.* More of his 2011 work
Massalia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRwz-flV2dE French IAM member Akhenaton and Faf Larage (brother to other IAM rapper Shurik'n) clearly had
Tumi's Tête Savante
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYx3j7ilKn8 We presume you've had Tumi and the Volume's latest album, Pick A Dream, as much