The Politics of Necessity
Over the course of fifteen years (1994-2009), Elke Zuern has interviewed civic and social movement leaders,
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Tom Devriendt
Tom Devriendt was an editorial board member of Africa is a Country before there was an editorial board.
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnWWGNL5_lo I don't know much about South African musician Fifi the Rai Blaster but I like
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTa28a8QKo4 I haven't heard Michael Kiwanuka's debut EP yet, but this song is promising, to say
Beyoncé and the Hyena
We’re not sure what Beyonce is trying to say with her music video for her female empowerment song, “Run the World.” You’re guest is as good as ours.
African Urbanism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUBTGzx9yOk Not only is Edgar Pieterse (from the African Centre for Cities) a prolific writer (read
We have no money
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYQlMcPSkRs New video for South African Tumi and The Volume's 'Asinamali'. You know what 'Asinamali' stands
Revolt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s921SaPiIIg Voltz's reading of Johannesburg. A first track and video from his upcoming album 'Revolt'.
The first Afrikaans film at Cannes
Finally a teaser for the film "Skoonheid," by Cape Town director, Oliver Hermanus, is now online.
The Belgian Color Bar
The filmmaker hopes Congolese in Belgium can be given a stage to offer their own history and projections of Congo.
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m88dMUreOLU Based in Pretoria, MsSupa shot and edited the video for her 'Dreams' herself, she tells
Music Break
http://vimeo.com/22851785 L.A. singer Jimetta Rose (whom you might know from her guest vocals on Shafiq Husayn's
Shabazz Palaces and Kahlil Joseph
Although the effect of blending the music by Shabazz Palaces and the images of documentary-in-the-making Tough
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjvUMr1-AAU Apparently Akala is "second generation black Caribbean and half white Scottish." He also has some
The Coloureds Comics
We sent 5 questions to South African comic (or graphic) artists Nathan and Andre Trantraal, known collectively as the Trantraal Brothers.
Mural Art in Woodstock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKy4wFat5UE What's happening in (Cape Town's neighborhood) Woodstock that makes local hipsters flood the place? The
Stereo Wizards
http://www.vimeo.com/21968906 Electronic rap duo and "stereo wizards" Dirty Paraffin at the Faraday Muthi Market in downtown