RESTLESS CITY tells the story of an Africa immigrant surviving on the fringes of New York City where music is his passion, life is a hustle, and falling in love is his greatest risk.
75-minute ‘Punk In Africa’ Mixtape compilation from DJ Zhao featuring tracks from South Africa, Zimbabwe, the Democratic Republic of Cong, Mozambique and Tanzania.
A Beatle In Lagos
Check out this rare home video that features Paul McCartney while recording ‘Band On The Run’ in Lagos. See Paul and Linda McCartney and Dennie Laine. With Ginger Baker.
This footage is from the deluxe reissue of Band on the Run (1973), Paul’s most successful album.
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RESTLESS CITY Dir. Andrew Dosunmu
The art: Sammy Baloji, Memory, 2006.
The news: “New Law Aims to Shine Light on Conflict Metals,” by Michele Kelemen for NPR News.
Nota bene: Baloji’s pictures don’t portray the conflict trade per se, but they do focus on the legacy of natural resource wealth squandered by corruption and mismanagement.
The source: Baloji’s “The Beautiful Time” series opens at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History on Jan. 7 and will remain on view for a year. New York’s Museum for African Art published a monograph of the series in 2010.
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Cabo Snoop - Walalipó
Angolan Kuduro Music
The Egyptian Seismograph - Qantara.de
The shock is immense, the scene spine-chilling. In Cairo and, as it turns out, elsewhere – indeed worldwide – the works of Naguib Mahfouz are no longer to be found. Initially just a rumour, it soon turns out to be accurate: the famous novels have disappeared from the shelves of bookstores, as well as from public and private libraries.
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