Africa Is a Country

Independence day in Zambia

Independence day in Zambia

By
Tom Devriendt

That’s today. Other than Chiluba’s shoes, Sata’s anti-China rants (he’s stopped for now), Alexandra Fuller’s books about her family, the South African soaps on TV and fundamental Christianity, there is dance-hall by Petersen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad-C6Cq6EsM

…R&B by Roberto:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPxw_lbG0_k

A cross-over of those two by MrVezzy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auQy4DU8Sok

Hip hop by Zone Fam:

Swagg walk by Princess Mwamba:

And some folk by Clement Maimbolwa:

We can celebrate.

Further Reading

No one should be surprised we exist

The documentary film, ‘Rolé—Histórias dos Rolezinhos’ by Afro-Brazilian filmmaker Vladimir Seixas uses sharp commentary to expose social, political, and cultural inequalities within Brazilian society.

Kenya’s stalemate

A fundamental contest between two orders is taking place in Kenya. Will its progressives seize the moment to catalyze a vision for social, economic, and political change?

More than a building

The film ‘No Place But Here’ uses VR or 360 media to immerse a viewer inside a housing occupation in Cape Town. In the process, it wants to challenge gentrification and the capitalist logic of home ownership.