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While making the documentary, “African Underground: Democracy in Dakar,” which “… explores the transformative role of hip-hop on politics in Senegal, West Africa during the February 2007 presidential election campaign,” the filmmakers posted segments on the internet. That’s the first web episode above. If you liked that, next week the... [view entry]
Actually Mos Def featuring a famous monologue by Fela Kuti to lead in “Quiet Dog” from his new album, “The Ecstatic.” This time live on The Late Show with David Letterman. Has Fela ever featured on a late night talk show–even posthumously–or is this a first? [view entry]
Live performance of “Casa Bey” on The Jimmy Fallon Show. ‘The Ecstatic’ is finally out. Yesterday. Go get it. More here. [view entry]
In the late 1960s Herbie Hancock adopted the Swahili name Mwandishi. Hancock later formed a band (they all took Swahili names) and brought out a self-titled album in 1970. The video, above, is from a live performance by Hancock and the band performing in Molde, Norway, in 1970. Enjoy. And... [view entry]
If you missed Femi Kuti’s show at Irving Plaza in New York City last week (like I did), these photographs by Jen Mazer gives a sense of the energy of his performance. Anyway, he’s back in New York City later this month (June 25th), playing at the Bandshell at Brooklyn’s... [view entry]
Saxophone player and bandleader Zim Ngqawana (you can hear a bit of Abdullah Ibrahim in Zim’s music) this Friday in the annual Vision Jazz Festival in Lower Manhattan. Here’s the details. Friday, June 12th, on the Abrons Main Stage, 466 Grand Street 11:00 pm Collective Quartet featuring: Zim Ngqawana –... [view entry]
Exactly one year from today, the World Cup kicks off in South Africa. So its a good time to post about football. Good time to talk about football and film. One of the teams trying to make it for South Africa 2010 is France. They currently lie second in their... [view entry]
The theatrical Muammar Gaddafi, the leader of (his) United States of Africa, speaking in Rome yesterday: “The Africans do not have problems of political asylum. People who live in the bush, and often in the desert, don’t have political problems. They don’t have oppositions or majorities or elections.” “These are... [view entry]
