On Monday tens of thousands of young South Africans marched in Cape Town, South Africa, to demand access to a quality education; that is for “… stocked libraries, running water, electrical connections, sports facilities, computer centres and sanitary toilets. In other words, all the infrastructural facilities that students need in order to learn and thrive.” […]
If you can’t make it to Stockholm next week, visiting The Hague might be a good alternative. The Movies That Matter Festival has also planned some promising premieres (and I’m relying more on the trailers than on the film festival’s site descriptions). Three films I hope to see there are. First up, Surprising Europe, a […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8GvkDgP30A Seriously, this is not ironic. UNICEF is bottling Rihanna and other celebrities’ tap water and raffling it off. This is all–to coincide with Water Week–to raise awareness about “… the lack of access to safe, clean water for nearly 900 million children and adults across the globe.” Who dreams up these campaigns? We give up.
On Saturday, 26 March at the Swedish CinemAfrica Festival the film directors Teddy Goitom and Benjamin Taft of Stocktown TV will premiere their ode to new South African hipsters:”Stocktown South African Roadmovie,” a 28 minute film that “sets out to capture the creative street vibes of South Africa.” Some of the hipster acts featured in […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_O62AItxTs Not the official video for BLK JKS‘s Zol!”
We were hoping it would not come to this: The Nelson Mandela Foundation has launched an “international clothing line.” The 46664 Apparel line, named after Mandela’s inmate number at Robben Island Prison, features colorful clothing that is supposed to make wearers look good on the outside — and feel good inside … [It would boost] […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwe_xNEUgxA The UK (via Jamaica) toaster, Tapper Zukia’s “MPLA” off the album from the same name. Because the song (and the album) came out in 1975, some made links to the Angolan liberation movement, the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, who that same year formed Angola’s new independent government (after a protracted liberation war against […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK0dfuAWDIQ ABC News on Ben Affleck’s “time with the people of Congo” and his “odd couple” pairing with Cindy McCain. There’s also this.
French-Congolese musician Abd Al Malik’s star is rising fast in Francophone Europe. Behind his, say, rather straightforward song titles are some revealing lyrics, so we don’t mind his songs here being played on the radio over and over again. Above is last year’s hit Ma Jolie. Last month he released another great single, Mon Amour, […]
An exhibit attempts to reframe popular perceptions and the image of African women in the United States.
Solange and two other US artists want to solve the problem of access to water in Africa by teaming up with Coco Cola. That sounds like a contradiction.
Although it was only launched a year ago, Cape Town-based Badilisha Poetry Radio is rapidly building itself an impressive on-line database of weekly podcasts featuring new voices and poetic genres. “(Their) intention is to platform who and what Africa has to say to itself and the rest of the world.” Hosted by Malika Ndlovu (introducing […]