Dissensus (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
*Blogariddims 45 Fusion Part 1 * Image: http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m453/djzhao/blogariddims45.gif this is made with material i prepared for Fusion Festival, and is also an attempt to communicate new conceptions of hybridity by fusing sounds from disparate locations and eras into new...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 16/06/2008
The wealth of talent in South Africa's the craft industry is being showcased at the Zaragoza International Expo in Spain.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 28/05/2008
Wondering what to do this coming long weekend? Well there is plenty to do.
Technology Blog (Free subscription) | 22/05/2008
The Department of Science and Technology will join the rest of the African continent in celebrating Africa Day. It celebrates achievements in pursuit of Africa’s development and liberation as well as commemorating the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and its successor the African Union (AU). The two are set to showcase South [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 13/05/2008
The City of Johannesburg is gearing for this year's Africa Day, on 25 May, which will see workshops and exhibitions exploring complex questions and concerns, while music, dance, poetry and arts and crafts will add a lighter note.
Harmony's Weblog (Free subscription) | 29/04/2008
It was a good day today, despite someone pointing out that my last post used the word “palate” in the title (a song of food word) when I shoulda used “palette” (a song of color word). Oh well–the meetings were brief, rush hour traffic was light, and my youngest daughter was in a good mood. [...]
Mick Hartley (Free subscription) | 18/04/2008
The most famous song ever to come out of South Africa: And here's the sad story of Solomon Linda, from Rian Malan (pdf file). Here's maybe the second most famous song to come out of South Africa. And here's some...
Line Out (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
150 years ago, people who looked like this, like Zulus, struck fear in the hearts of my inyanga (mountain) ancestors. Time changed all of that. In the video for "Gazette," the Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens, a dead South African pop group that entered my consciousness in the 80s, look so sweet and friendly.
linkfilter.net - fresh links (Free subscription) | 30/03/2008
April 23-27, 2008 Festival International de Louisiane is a community-based, non-profit arts organization formed in 1986 to produce an annual visual and performing arts festival celebrating the French cultural heritage of southern Louisiana – primarily a combination of French, African, Caribbean and Hispanic influences. Since its creation, Festival International de Louisiane has become famous as a premier...
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 11/02/2008
What's on your mind tonight?
Zero G Sound (Free subscription) | 06/01/2008
. The Mahotella Queens are South Africa's foremost afro-pop singing group. The Queens -Hilda Tloubatla, Mildred Mangxola, and Nobesuthu Mbadu- first sealed their place in the legend of urban South African music in the early 1960's when, with Simon Nkabindé Mahlathini (the "Lion of Soweto") and the musicians of the Makgona Tsothle Band ("The Band Who Knows Everything"), they invented Mbaquanga. Mbaquanga...
anonymous (Free subscription) | 07/11/2007
Superblocks may look nice on a clean slate, but the New Orleanians who ache to return want to come back to someplace that looks, and feels, like the city they have missed for so long.
IOL (Free subscription) | 25/10/2007
An emotional Skipha Shabalala, the lead guitarist in Lucky Dube's band, conjures up the memory of Bob Marley in praise of Lucky Dube.
IOL (Free subscription) | 25/10/2007
Tears were shed as mourners hailed reggae king Lucky Dube as a hero at home and abroad.
