The documentary Me Broni Ba (My White Baby) focuses on African women’s desire for straight, Anglo hair. As I noted in my review, the film, remarkably, never feels didactic. Instead, [...]
Tags: Africa, African Film Festival 2010, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Barbies, Bicultural, Bilingual, CalArts, Chris Rock, Documentary, Female Director, ghana, Good Hair, HBO, Jacobia Dahm, Me Broni Ba, My White Baby
This ain’t your jazz-hands Broadway musical. Last year UK rapper M3nsa (pronounced like the high IQ society Mensa) and his Ghanese collaborator Wanlov the Kubolor put together a hip hop [...]
Tags: Coz Ov Moni, ghana, M3nsa, Movie, Musical, Pidgin, Premiere, Wanlov the Kubolor
A lot of football nuts have used up their fandom adrenaline on the World Cup. But the truly hardcore have gone out and purchased the 2010 FIFA World Cup South [...]
Tags: FIFA 08, FIFA 09, FIFA World Cup 2010 Video Game, ghana, reggae, Rocky Dawuni, Sims, World Cup 2010
Why are white dolls with blonde hair popular in Africa? Akosua Adoma Owusu, 26, is one of a new set of young filmmakers presenting their work at this year’s New York [...]
Tags: Africa, African Film, African Film Festival 2010, Akusoa Adoma Owusu, Ambulante Film Festival, Beauty Salons, Blaxploitation, Cinema, Cologne, Documentary, Dolls, Fela Kuti, Film, Film Review, Germany, ghana, Ghanaian, International Women's Film Festival, Jacobia Dahm, Me Broni Ba, mexico, Movies, My White Baby, Nonfiction, Short Film, Twi, White Dolls, Young Filmmakers
The Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) may be the biggest awards fest on a huge continent, heralding a coming golden age in African cinema. But in only their sixth year [...]
Tags: Africa Movie Academy Awards, African, African Film Academy, African Film Festival 2010, After Party, Air Malawi, AMAA, Awards Fest, Cinema Movie, Film Festival, ghana, Ghanaian, I sing of a well, Local, Malawi, Malawian, Nigeria, nollywood, Nominees, Recap, Silvia Tapiwa Gwaza, Stranded, The Figurine, Timipre Sylva, Tony Anih, Winners
This week, we’re bringing you red-carpet access at New York’s African Film Festival, interviews with stars, and reviews of the fest’s hottest films. But what will that mean to you [...]
Tags: Africa, African Film Festival 2010, Cinema, Classic Film, Classics, District 9, Ethiopian, Film, ghana, Guinea, Haile Gerima, Hollow City, Le Ballon d'Or, Maria Joao Ganga, Modeling, Movies, Neill Blomkamp, Salif Keita, Sankofa, South Africa, Top 5, Tsotsi, Vusi Mahlasela
When I brought you the YouTube of the day, showing Ghanaian Highlife singer Ata Kak’s stellar ’80s track “Da Nyinaa,” I wrote: “This is a song for our times. The [...]
Tags: Ata Kak, bossa nova, Cloudberry Jam, Club 8, Da Nyinaa, disco, Female Vocalist, Funk, ghana, Ghanaian Highlife, Indie Pop, Johan Angergard, Karolina Komstedt, New Music, Pop, Sweden, Swedish Pop, Synth, The Cardigans, The People's Record, Triphop
Holy smokes, here’s a YouTube find. (Courtesy of my pal, Kari.) Yeah, it’s a typical music video of a roomful of club goers bopping their heads. But the really incredible [...]
Tags: 1980s, Africa, Afrobeat, Animal Collective, Ata Kak, Daa Nyinaa, Dirty Projectors, Electro, Funk, ghana, highlife, Javelin, Obaa Sima, Pharrell, R&B, Shakira
When Rocky Otoo, a girl from the Bronx, visits her Dad, she’s treated like a princess. Because she is one. Back in Ghana, he’s a chief. “Is my room ready?” [...]
Tags: Africa, America, Bronx, Documentary, Film, ghana, Immigrant, New York, pbs, Premieres, Rocky Otoo
Chocolate. How hard can that be to advertise? Show a picture of some gooey morsels and make a statement about how delicious they are. You’ve sold a billion bars. Brit [...]
Tags: Accra, Advertising, Chocolate, Florence and the Machine, ghana, London, Morning YouTube, Mr. Potato Head, Paul Epworth, UK, Viral videos, Wonka, Zingolo
The title for this article should really be “I can’t wait for this album to drop!” For real- this album will fully represent the global evolution hip hop has [...]
Tags: Africa, African Hip-Hop, ghana, Hip-Hop, uganda
The dangers of Autumn are plentiful: slipping on leaves, incorrectly judging the weather, drinking too many hot toddies… But perhaps most perilous is the shift to a monotone winter wardrobe [...]
Tags: Bloomingdales, Desi, Fall Fashion, Fashion, ghana, Ikat, Kente Cloth, Lo's List, Mara Hoffman, ShopBop, shopping, South Indian
What do you get when you mix 3 horns, drums, bass, visuals with one MC from Ghana? One ‘stereotype-defying’ live show and a heck of a lot of good music. [...]
Tags: African Hip-Hop, blitz, embassy, ghana, global hip-hop, Guest Bloggers, Nomadic Wax
Our man Blitz is doing big things. Tonight you get to hear it all at his listening party for his debut album. Def don’t miss this and if you get [...]
Tags: blitz the ambassador, embassy MVMT, ghana, global hip-hop, Nomadic Wax
