September 28, 2007
Africa: Robert Van Lierop: A Luta Continua
Bob Van Lierop doesn't know how many copies of his film A Luta Continua (The Struggle Continues) were made, or how many times it was shown. But there is no doubt that for many… Read more »
September 27, 2007
Africa: Durham, Durban, and AllAfrica
AllAfrica.com is the largest free access source of African news on the World Wide Web. By 2007 it was posting some 1,000 stories daily from African newspapers and other sources.… Read more »
September 25, 2007
Africa: Taking the Lead on Africa in the U.S Congress
In the 1970s and 1980s, the Congressional Black Caucus and the Subcommittee on Africa of the House Foreign Affairs Committee were the two key government institutions in Washington… Read more »
September 24, 2007
Africa: From Tanzania to Kansas and Back Again
In this essay, written for the book, No Easy Victories: African Liberation and American Activists over a Half Century, 1950-2000, the publisher Walter Bgoya tells of his years… Read more »
September 21, 2007
Africa: From Atlanta to East Africa
In an excerpt from the book, No Easy Victories: African Liberation and American Activists over a Half Century, 1950-2000, journalist Charles Cobb Jr. tells of a meeting with… Read more »
September 10, 2007
Africa: Violence in Developing Countries
As violence and war grip societies all over the world, social scientists, economists and scholars are rushing to answer the question "why?" Several explanations of the… Read more »
Africa: Resistance to Modernization in Africa
The effectiveness of aid and development policies in Africa is almost always measured by scholars and policymakers. Similarly, support of or resistance to such policies is usually… Read more »
August 17, 2007
Senegal: The Politics of Hip Hop in Dakar
After hip hop came to Africa in the 1980s and went from being a fad to an African youth movement, communities emerged in a number of countries to dominate the continent's hip… Read more »
Senegal: Democracy in Dakar
The documentary project, "Democracy in Dakar" highlights the impact hip hop artists have had on the democratic process in Senegal, shedding light on the politics of one… Read more »
August 10, 2007
Zimbabwe: Review of New CD by Lucky Moyo
This charming, vivid poetic and revolutionary CD captures the threats that cut across globe and race. “I Have Got Issues” can be compared to the biblical book of… Read more »
Kenya: Introducing Kenge Kenge
Kenge Kenge are a group of Luo musicians from Kenya that perform both popular Luo music styles as well as the region's popular benga music. They in fact transform traditional… Read more »
August 07, 2007
South Africa: Photographer's Exhibit Exposes Human Rights Abuses
South African photographer Eric Miller recently launched a thrilling exhibition of rare photographs of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Read more »
July 20, 2007
Rwanda: Can Art Bring Peace?
Simon Bikindi is currently standing trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), facing charges for war crimes committed during the country's 1994… Read more »
July 16, 2007
Africa: Rough Guide to African Blues
Album titles can be misleading, especially when they claim to describe a “best of” or “definitive collection” of something as subjective and personal as… Read more »
July 03, 2007
Africa: Youssou N'Dour Promotes Pan-African Vision
Youssou N'Dour has been named by Time, the American news magazine, as one of 100 men and women whose talent is transforming the world. As the Senegalese superstar's fame… Read more »
June 27, 2007
South Africa: Hip Hop Revolution
South Africa's contribution to the 2007 AFI Silverdocs film festival held outside of Washington, DC came in the form of hip hop. Hip Hop Revolution chronicles the rise of hip… Read more »
June 26, 2007
Ethiopia: A Walk To Beautiful
Of the many tragedies that occur daily in Ethiopia, perhaps the most foreign to those living in industrialized nations is the medical condition, obstetric fistula, which afflicts… Read more »
June 21, 2007
Africa: A Guide to Reference Material on Africa South of the Sahara
Information about Africa is best accessible to scholars and journalists when available data is organized and widely distributed. The work under review is built upon a historical… Read more »
Mali: Film Review - 'Everything's Fine'
Everything's Fine (Toro Si Te) is a wonderful, humorous and serious documentary that tells the story of Dr. Seydou Konaté, a Malian doctor working in Nongon, a small… Read more »
June 12, 2007
Tanzania: Down the Road to Neo-Liberalism
Issa Shivji, one of Tanzania's premier scholars, has published a new book which provides an introspective look at contemporary politics and social change in Tanzania during a… Read more »
May 08, 2007
Africa: Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art
A new exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. features modern and contemporary African writing and graphic systems from around the… Read more »
May 07, 2007
Ethiopia: Reflection of a Refugee's Life in America
A new novel by Ethiopian author Dinaw Mengestu tells the story of one Ethiopian refugee's struggle for self-definition and motivation in a world of competing demands and… Read more »
Ghana: Rap Artist Blitz the Ambassador Makes a Name for Himself in the U.S.
One of the Ghanaian rap artists making a splash on the music scene in both Africa and the United States is Blitz the Ambassador. Read more »
May 01, 2007
Mali: New Film Focuses on Life and Debt in Africa
Bamako, a film set in that city, is a complex and ingenious production dealing with Africa's relationship with the West. Read more »
April 23, 2007
West Africa: Koundandi: A Film About Love and Sacrifice
The image of African women in the media has gone through several positive transformations over the years. African filmmakers are increasingly showing the diversity of African women… Read more »
