On September 5, 2013, a relatively unknown singer— who’d been active underground in the music and poetry scene for years, doing backup vocals for artists like Debra Debs and some artists who’d recorded at M1 Studio, G3 Studio and Drimp Studios— released her first official single on Sound Cloud and YouTube titled “You”, and
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Dzekashu MacViban Tito Valery (Photo Credit: February 16) To observe the world in colour, especially through photographs, can be deceptive— years of perfectioning technicolour have made that possible. We tend to focus on the gloriousness of the colours, overlooking the simple things that really matter. Perhaps this reverence for colour dates back to Greek
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MARIA STENFORS unit 10, 21 wren street London wc1x 0hf 020 7837 0819 info@mariastenfors.com www.mariastenfors.com Ideas In Things David Blackaller Juan Cruz Alan Currall Siân Robinson Davies curated by Dean Hughes Photographer: Lee James Thompson Private view: Thursday 26 June 2014, 6:30 – 8:30 pm Exhibition dates: 27 June -26 July 2014 Opening hours Tues
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For the new issue of Chimurenga’s pan African gazette, the Chronic, the focus is on graphic stories; comic journalism. Blending illustrations, photography, written analysis, infographics, interviews, letters and more, visual narratives speak of everyday complexities in the Africa in which we live. Binyavanga Wainaina meets Youssou N’Dour in Dakar, learns to swim in the
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Serubiri Moses Can Lugaflow represent Uganda nationally or internationally in the same way Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart represents Nigeria nationally and internationally? “I’m just trying to shape my own destiny, I’m trying to be my own Museveni.” – Karama – Noonya (I’m Searching) Rappers, as authors of rap lyrics and performers of rap
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Danielle Eog Makedah Mia Ngiamba Imagine two singers who’ve distinguished themselves in Jazz and Soul, joining efforts to organize a tour on a national (Douala and Yaoundé in September) and international level (Spain, Senegal and France). Mia Ngiamba and Daniel Eog Makedah have been on stage with some of Africa’s finest musicians such
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1. The fat kid was always the goalkeeper… 2. The owner of the ball decided who played… 3. Penalty (otherwise called PENALITY!) was awarded only if an injured player could curse or fight a lot… 4. The match ended only when everyone was tired… 5. No matter how many goals you scored, the winner
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Our sixth issue, while containing an array of experimental poetry (as well as writing and music supplements) in various creoles and pidgins, also ‘writes back’ to a number of magazines and blogs. This issue opens with Dante Besong’s response to an article in the New Statesman titled “Why pop culture won’t lay a finger
The work explores the relationship between the graffiti in the Point E and Ouakam area with Senegal’s history, literature and politics.
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