“Coca-Cola Bird” stands facing the corner of the gallery, half-turned towards us in surprise or exhibition, oily red paint spun across the bucket cocked over her head, the same brash color on the feathered tutu winding around her waist. Her chest sprouts sparkling empty bottles bearing the famous label, and familiar labile curves.
Thinking about ways that Africa is represented by NGO's and other international organizations.
What is it with the conviction, held primarily in the West, that you can save yourself and the world (well, usually Africans) by shopping?
Congolese-Belgian MC, Baloji: "In Congo, we had gold, but we turned it to something that had no value because we didn’t treat our country with the right respect."
We thought it would be nice to compile a Bonus Music Break centered on acoustic guitar music. First up is Toronto-based Ghanaian Kae Sun with “Lion on a Leash”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8d7AyRkDSs
Latin America and the Caribbean haven’t gotten enough attention on this site. We’re going to intentionally rectify that, and I’m excited to start by sharing this video from sometimes collaborators of mine, Los Rakas.
Science fiction as genre offers the opportunity to African artists to consider Western cartographies of the future as fictions in their own right.
Old Oshodi highlighted the complexity of the city, showcasing the ingenuity of the people of Lagos in their use of the informal market in making a living.
Reading Yewande Omotoso's novel "Bom Boy," just when you think you’ve figured the characters out, the author opens them up a little more, and our perceptions change.
A film about a Sudanese migrant to America explores a general fact of contemporary existence.
We don’t know why the South African photographer decided to apply to become "coloured" under Apartheid's racial classification laws.
What does all that mean for French-African politics? It’s hard to tell what will next emerge from that fetid swamp.