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Dudu Pukwana and Zila

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on February 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »

This is an online find. Recorded live at the Bracknell (UK) and Willisau (Switzerland) Jazz Festivals. Zila Personnel: Dudu Pukwana (leader, alto and soprano saxophones and whistles), Pinise Saul (vocals, cabassa), Harry Beckett (trumpet and flugelhorn), Django Bates (keyboards), Eric Richards (electric bass), Paul Gamblin (guitar), Churchill Jolobe (drums), Thebe Lipere (percussion). Pukwana, who left [...]

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You can’t make this stuff up

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on February 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »

“… Swindles in which someone overseas seeks access to a person’s bank account are so well known that most potential victims can spot them in seconds. But one man found success by tweaking the formula, prosecutors say: Rather than trying to dupe an account holder into giving up information, he duped the bank. And instead [...]

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How Britain’s toxic waste gets dumped in an electronics market in Lagos

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on February 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Greenpeace follows the fate of a discarded television that had been broken beyond repair to the Alaba electronics market in Lagos, Nigeria. [BTW, Alaba is the market so beloved by Rem Koolhaas] Via: Huffington Post.

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Salma Hayek, “humanitarian”

Posted in Uncategorized, video, tagged , , , , on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Posted with vodpod The actress Salma Hayek traveled to Sierra Leone. To help the children. Fine. But you know this thing will end up in the twilight zone when the ABC Nightline reporter blurts out at the outset: “… We have come to the worse place on earth to raise a child, Sierra Leone.” Then [...]

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The Uganda Skateboard Union

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This is not a gimmick. HT: Mustafa Maluka

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The Daily Show does Kenya

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on February 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Posted with vodpod Jon Stewart sent “correspondent” John Oliver to interview the Kenyan Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Zachary Muburi-Muita, about his country’s main exports: “coffee, tea and American Presidents.” Oliver is the least funny of the Daily Show cast and you can see it here. It does not help that the Kenyan High [...]

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How did we get to this?

Posted in politics, Uncategorized, tagged , , , on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“Pan-Africanism”.

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‘My White Baby’

Posted in Uncategorized on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The US premiere of director Akosua Adoma Owusu’s 22-minute documentary film “Me Broni Ba (My White Baby)” (2008, Ghana/USA) will be screened as part of MoMA’s annual “Documentary Fornight.” From the publicity material: “In this lyrical portrait of hair salons in Kumasi, Ghana, the tangled legacy of European colonialism in Africa is evoked through images [...]

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The Sex Lives of Politicians

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

From The New York Times: ‘On Jan. 25, under the headline “All the president’s women,” The Sunday Independent portrayed a risqué situation in which two women were vying for the affection of President Kgalema Motlanthe — and neither one was his wife. According to the story, Mr. Motlanthe, 59, is estranged from his longtime wife, [...]

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New Website: ‘African Arguments Online’

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on January 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Spin-off from the book series edited by the British Africanist scholars and activists Alex de Waal and Richard Dowden (titles like the useful Aids and Power and Darfur: A Short History of a Long War, both written by De Waal). The aim with the website is an “… Africa-wide site which provides in-depth analysis and [...]

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