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Western media and war children'

The Village Voice, following the lead of two Australian journalists, subjecting the memories of Ismael Beah, the former teenage child soldier, who was forcefully conscripted into a violent civil war i… more »

Africa is a Country

Western media and war children'

Sean wrote 1 month ago: The Village Voice, following the lead of two Australian journalists, subjecting the memories of Isma … more »

Tags: Books, Music, African Music, hip-hop, Rap Music!, New York City, Not just about Africa, Art and Artists, Sudan

Latest Chimurenga Magazine on Youtube — 2 comments

Sean wrote 2 months ago: … more »

Tags: Books, film, Not just about Africa, literary culture, Chimurenga magazine, Books, Magazines, literary culture, Chimurenga magazine

Chimurenga came to Brooklyn — 1 comment

Sean wrote 2 months ago: To launch the latest issue of Chimurenga Magazine, we put on a party in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. It w … more »

Tags: Books, Music, African Music, New York City, Not just about Africa, Art and Artists, Brooklyn, Photography, Ismael Beah

Out of Africa

Sean wrote 2 months ago: I wrote a post on Western obsession with East Africa’s Masai for the Guardian’s Comment … more »

Tags: racism, Not just about Africa, YouTube, Television, You Can't Make This Stuff Up!, stuff white people like, media, Kenya, Masai

Obama can always have Brooklyn Flea — 2 comments

Sean wrote 2 months ago: Original picture here. (Official Flea Market website here.) … more »

Tags: African-Americans, African Music, New York City, Brooklyn, fort greene, Not just about Africa, Elections, Politics, Design

Chimurenga comes to Brooklyn — 1 comment

Sean wrote 2 months ago: … more »

Tags: Music, African Music, film, New York City, Not just about Africa, literary culture, Chimurenga magazine, Brooklyn, fort greene

BLK JKS play Brooklyn (twice in one week)

Sean wrote 2 months ago: First at Madiba (Friday 25 April) and then at Harriet’s Alter Ego (Sunday 27 April). What Ti … more »

Tags: Music, African Music, South Africa, New York City, Brooklyn, Not just about Africa, Design, Music, South Africa

John Kani is back in Brooklyn

Sean wrote 2 months ago: Charles Isherwood in the New York Times reviews John Kani and Winston Ntshona in Athol Fugard’ … more »

Tags: New York City, Brooklyn, fort greene, Theater, New York City, brooklyn academy of music, John Kani, Winston Ntshona, Theater

The New York African Film Festival — 1 comment

Sean wrote 2 months ago: The 15th New York African Film Festival April 9 - May 26, 2008 Film Society at Lincoln Center The … more »

Tags: film, film, New York City, African film, New York African Film Festival

Africa is one country — 1 comment

Sean wrote 2 months ago: “Five questions with Nii Quarcoopome,” curator of African art at the Detroit Institute o … more »

Tags: Art and Artists, Africa is a Country, Museums, Art, Nii Quarcoopome, Detroit Institute of Arts, African Art, Museums

Rumble in the Jungle

Sean wrote 3 months ago:   Love this. This Sports Illustrated cover from Muhammed Ali sensational defeat of George Foreman i … more »

Tags: African-Americans, Sports, Africa Online, Journalism, Sports, muhammed ali, boxing, george foreman, the vault

Hip-life in Harlem

Sean wrote 3 months ago: … more »

Tags: Music, African Music, film, New York City, Not just about Africa, Not on the Radio, Music, Ghana, film

African artists exhibit at Studio Museum in Harlem — 2 comments

Sean wrote 3 months ago: ‘Flow‘ is a show of about 80 works by 20 different African artists currently showing at … more »

Tags: Art and Artists, Galleries, hip-hop, New York City, Not just about Africa, South Africa, Mustafa Maluka, Photography, Art

The Art of Alexis Peskine

Sean wrote 3 months ago: In France, talk of race is taboo. There’s not a census, or much studying of the mechanics of … more »

Tags: racism, hip-hop, Brooklyn, Not just about Africa, Politics, Art and Artists, Branding, Galleries, France

Give, give me the good news — 1 comment

Sean wrote 3 months ago: Zimbabwean actor Lucian Msamati on the criticism that Anthony Minghella’s film version of Alex … more »

Tags: Books, film, Television, film, Television, Zimbabwe, stuff white people like, Lucian Msamati, alexander mccall smith

The Champ

Sean wrote 3 months ago: No comment. … more »

Tags: African-Americans, racism, Economy, Not just about Africa, Politics and Sports, Elections, Politics, Photography, Barack Obama

Africa on Your Street — 1 comment

Sean wrote 3 months ago: … more »

Tags: African-Americans, Brooklyn, Photography, Africa Online, Brooklyn, Photography, Larry Ossei Mensah, Stanley Lumax

The Fader Africa Issue — 1 comment

Sean wrote 4 months ago: Every American magazine has to do an African issue. Tell Americans what’s going on on the c … more »

Tags: Music, African Music, South Africa, hip-hop, Rap Music!, radio, New York City, Brooklyn, Not just about Africa

Zimbabwe Cool — 2 comments

Sean wrote 4 months ago: Okay I promote stuff all the time. But this is special: I went to pick up my daughter at her school … more »

Tags: Music, African Music, Brooklyn, Green Arrows, Zimbabwean township music, Zimbabwe, Tuku, Oliver Mutukudzi, Thomas Mapfumo