Your weekend music break for July 18th, 2015 This week, master of the new school J. Martins, and master of the old school Koffi Olomide team up in Dance 4 Me, the remix; A busy week for Jidenna who angers Nigerian Twitter, apologizes, and then links up with Kendrick Lamar for the classic man remix; Holy […]
A complete run-down of all the craziness going down in Kenya ahead of Barack Obama’s visit.
The relationship between the massacre of workers at Marikana and the rational destiny of market fundamentalism.
Sean Magner takes a peek into the world of production duo Christian Tiger School by way of a review of their latest release, Chrome Tapes.This article is part of a series on music producers throughout the African continent called #RespecTheProducer. Check out daily updates on tumblr and follow the Instagram account. Having emerged from a bedroom of Vredehoek in […]
El Chapo is already a cartoon that has too much literature. Just like the Mexican government has too much corruption.
Lagos, is the only city in Nigeria worthy of being described as a human potpourri. No crevice of the city is left unaffected by the flavour brought by the multifarious peoples who comprise the city’s teeming populace. Whatever beauty or redeemable qualities can be salvaged from the Nigerian contraption can be seen in Lagos. Conversely, […]
Yesterday, in Inezgane, south of Agadir, on the southern part of Morocco’s Atlantic Ocean coast, a judge decided that two young women were not guilty of… outraging the public through some sort of indecency. Supporters rejoiced. Defense attorney Houcine Bekkar Sbai declared: “I am very pleased with this verdict. This is a victory not only […]
The Basotho people must have a stake in the production and distribution of their culture.
An interview - captured on film - with Cape Town-born artist Kemang Wa Lehulere about his work.
Here's two: Cultivate solidarity, not pity. And, showing suffering should be specific. Study up.
The blinding privilege of South Africa’s ‘white’ middle and upper class which has found new means of subjugation: online community groups.
For one, their original crime: Gathering as a book club and reading the books 'From Dictatorship to Democracy' and 'Tools to Destroy a Dictator and Avoid a New Dictatorship.'