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 [...]

 

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 [...]

 

The Very Best and Moroka: Ndekha remix by Wookie (Listen) + Get Exclusive T-shirts

Support Invisible Children, a social, political and global movement using the transformative power of story to change lives. They have teamed up with The Very Best to conceptualise limited tees. Cop them and free remixed downloads from TVB’s Super Mom mixtape.