Sh*t White People Say After Watching The 'Kony 2012' Viral (Video)
Lots of interesting moments from this latest video by What’s Up Africa’s Ikenna Azuike.
African Reactions to the Kony 2012 Campaign
If you’ve been on any social media platform for the past two days, you’ll know the conversation has been dominated by the “Kony 2012″ campaign initiated by the Invisible Children organization. The campaign’s video has a jaw-dropping 32 million views, three days after posting. While its been enjoying some relative success, the video hasn’t been without its critics. AfriPOP’s own Luso Mnthali wondered whether it wasn’t the product of “yet [...]
Photos: Solange Travels to Rwanda
Can we just declare our girl crush on Beyonce’s little sister Solange Knowles? (Granted, she hates to be called “Bey’s little sister”) The singer and fab mom-on-go recently touched down in Rwanda for who knows what and shared pics of her trip on her tumblr, mydamnblog. ‘I left a piece of my heart in Rwanda’ she tweeted earlier today. Here are our favorite pics from Solange’s trip: Earlier this year, [...]
Africans Are Not Invisible: Rounding Up The Kony 2012 Campaign Debate
By now you’ve probably seen the new Kony 2012 video from the Invisible Children organization (already headed towards at the 4 million mark within two days of being posted – the original movie came out in 2006) or if not seen #Kony2012 trending, along with #Uganda and #LRA, and wondered what in heck happened? If not, brace yourselves, because this is one bumpy ride. In a year that folk in [...]
Photos: Loving Our Natural Hair, South Africa Edition
Photographer Thina Olona Zibi popped in at the “You and Me and Everyone We Know Market” in Cape Town, South Africa. The market showcases clothing and accessories ranging from vintage to urban streetwear. She writes: This is where a lot of young fashion lovers meet to grab something new, chill, have a bite and a drink or two. I took some snap shots. I love what is currently happening with [...]
NYC Event: AfriPOP! Presents 'Daughters of Makeba'
AfriPOP! & Masauko Chipembere of blk sonshine presents “Daughters of Makeba,” a musical celebration of Miriam Makeba by women’s voices throughout the diaspora. March 4 would have been “Mama Afrika’s” 80th birthday. Join us in celebrating her life and legacy in song. Performers include Masauko Chipembere, Yolanda Zama, Tuelo Minah, and Samantha Thornhill & Mimi Jones as Medusa Strings Theory. we hope to see you there…
AfriPOP! TV: D'Banj Takes New York
AfriPOP! kicked it with D’Banj just hours before his sell-out New York debut. Dressed in a full black and red Addidas tracksuit with white sneakers and a blinging chain, the assured G.O.O.D music afrobeat star talked about the pressures of his U.S. debut among other things. “I’m in New York,” he told Yolanda Sangweni. “I’ve been telling everybody that I am going to eat from this Big Apple. I’m just [...]
Tawiah and Ghostpoet perform 'Us Against Whatever' For Channel 4 (Video)
I peeped this recording for Channel 4′s Random Acts via the homies at Pinboard and had to share the goodness. Tawiah is something of an obsession of mine. (If you missed it, her free EP from Christmas past does not get old) Also, I love it when food is used as endearment. Like here where Ghostpoet (real name Obaro Ejimiwe) says, “I love you like chicken soup, some biscuits and lemonade.” To [...]
The Rihanna and Chris Brown Reunion: For Better or For Worse?
The lyrics leave nothing to the imagination, but the imagination is blown thinking a woman who was beaten up by the man featured in the song would go back to him in any way. Looks like Rihanna’s done it in a provocative way too. Gone back to him, publicly, and suggestively – even if only in song. Rihanna has gone to the edge and we think that for her, there’s [...]
AfriPOP! Socialite: Vickie Remoe
Vickie Remoe is a firecracker! She first burst on the scene through her highly entertaining, yet informative lifestyle TV show, The Vickie Remoe Show. With just the right blend of intelligence and sass, her show was a big hit considering there was nothing like it coming out of her native Sierra Leone. She has since rode that ride all the way to New York where she is currently studying at [...]