Laura Seay, better known as @Texasinafrica, has a twitter TL that any African politics and policy junkie would appreciate. An assistant professor of political science at Morehouse College in Atlanta, she has been blogging about the DRC, state building, humanitarian policy and security policy since 2005 on her blog Texas in Africa. She now occasionally writes for The Atlantic, Christian Science Monitor and Al Jazeera among others. Her wit with [...]
Nothing gets me excited quite like a good piece of cinema on Africa. I was delighted to come across two projects we’re really rooting for at the moment. The best part is YOU, us…we can all can help these budding filmmakers tell their stories. First up is Boneshaker by Frances Bodomo about a Ghanaian family that takes a trip to a tent revival church in Louisiana to cure their violent [...]
(l-r: Jason Akoi, Tobi Babajide) Born out of the campus of Rutgers University in New Jersey, Herds of the Fathers is an accessories line that blends both the old school nature of its approach to good quality leather design with the youth and vitality of its designers. Now two years old, the line created by Nigerian-born Tobi Babajide and Liberian-American Jason Akoi has evolved further with their second collection arriving in coming [...]
Ghanaian-born singer/songwriter Kae Sun drew inspiration for his latest EP, “Outside the Borders” from his return to Ghana after living in Canada. In his first video off the EP, Kae sings about the quest of the artist in “Burden of Love.” “I think those of us who decide to devote our lives to the creative process sometimes feel burdened, he says. “We give up often and then realize we can’t [...]
Nomsa Mazwai aka Nomisupasta, aka Thandiswa Mazwai’s younger sister is breaking out with a new video to support her song “Nguwe.” Asked to describe her new video, the South African-born New York based singer tells AfriPOP!: ” One word, 80s.”
Lucky was pulling off Afrikaans alter-egos years before James Phillips and decades before Die Antwoord. You’d know that if you were up on this amazing 80s and 90s retro blog dedicated to the care-free genre of the time bubble gum pop. We love it!
A rousing success at the 2011 Sundance and Toronto Film Festivals, ‘Pariah’ is the feature-length expansion of writer/director Dee Rees’ award-winning 2007 short film ‘Pariah’. Spike Lee is among the feature’s executive producers. Luso Mnthali spoke to Dee
There are so many reasons to heart Nigerian-American designer duo, Darlene and Lizzy Okpo…
Get familiar with South African afro-soul singer Bongeziwe Mabandla, who just debuted his new video on MTV Base.
Here are 5 things to know about the new Miss Universe, Leila Lopes from Angola.
