Fanti Love Song
… To New York City? By Ghanaian crooner M3NSA off his new album.
Ghana
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 in New York City
British filmmaker John Akonfrah will be artist-in-residence this Spring at New York University’s Institute of African
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
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FC_6PDuJRXs#!&w=500&h=307&rel=0] I am looking out for the documentary film, “An African Election” by the director Jarreth Merz.
Photo: Eileen Perrier
From Eileen Perrier‘s “Red, Gold and Green” Series (1996).
Thank You Ghana Black Stars!
[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/13010025 w=500&h=307] Ghana’s Black Stars was on a run to make history–to become the first African
Black Star Jam
Tomorrow Ghana will try to the impossible: become the first African nation to go to the