Episode 3 of Africa is a Country Radio is live on Groovalizacion and the AIAC Mixcloud page. Brazil being on much of the world’s minds these days we had to open the show with a dedication to the World Cup host country. A special post-show big up to the Brazilian people — who stay challenging the status […]
The long histories of Africans in South Asia, including the case of Africans arriving as slaves in India and whose descendants are still in India and Pakistan.
For the first time in 25 years, India will be governed by a single party with no real opposition.
The hype around 'mixed race' families ignore that it is not a new phenomenon, but been a central part of Dutch colonial history.
In 2014, African hip-hop has graduated from the bedroom and walked into the boardroom. It’s left its cape (baggy jeans) at the door and picked up a pair of tight-fitting pants. In extreme cases, hip-hop has shed the ‘urban’ look completely and chosen shiny suits; it’s lost its assumed roots in the underground and allowed […]
The 16th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival opened on Wednesday with The Square, Jehane Noujaim’s documentary about the Egyptian Revolution. The film (available in the US on Netflix) holds the title of being the first Egyptian film to be nominated for an Academy Award. It is a filmic triumph and an apt portrayal of […]
There are no records of when the first official football match was played in Nigeria, but it started in the 1920s.
Interview with curators Sylviane Diouf (Schomburg Center) and Joaneath Spicer (Walters Art Museum) about the African presence in Western and Asian art.
Shmuley Boteach seems to be everywhere these days. The right-wing rabbi’s new book Kosher Lust has just been released. Last week, he played host to a galafeaturing Chris Christie, giving the New Jersey governor a chance to make amends with Sheldon Adelson, the pro-Israel billionaire Christie offended when he used the words “occupied territories” in a recent speech.
Lettres du Voyant is a 40 minutes film made by Louis Henderson, a British filmmaker and artist. I met him during a dinner at Berlinale Talents last January, we had a fast chit-chat and after a couple of months I realise that he has done one of the most interesting film and document about Sakawa: […]
The third in a series of four posts to commemorate 90 years since James Baldwin's birth.
A very short introduction to Peter Mutharika, Malawi's new President.