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The True Definition of an Afropolitan
Like Watching Godard But with Africans It’s difficult to define this thing, this concept of the Afropolitan. A result of the ethnic and/or cultural mixing of Africans with non-Africans, the concept is hardly the new. The coalescence of the sentiment into a recognized sub-culture, however, only came together in the last few years. It […]
Apparently, Nigerian Women Don’t Believe in Equal Rights
July 13, 2010
Pew Research Center Global Attitudes Project Equal Rights for Women? Survey Says: Yes, but… (International Herald Tribune, June 2010) In 13 of the countries, more than 90 percent of the respondents said they supported equal rights; in every other country except Egypt, Jordan, Kenya, Indonesia and Nigeria, more than 75 percent backed gender equality. Nigeria, […]
Posted in: Afrique, Ancient and Modern
Theophilus, Menahan Street Band, Oroma & Maki Oh
May 23, 2013
Summer Night’s Groove I’m really digging Theophilus London‘s song Rio. The Menahan Street Band are working a seriously serious groove: the type of groove that seems to provide the perfect soundtrack to a humid, breezy cool summer night; that perfect groove that draws you into its layered syncopation, but is self-assured enough not to require […]
Posted in: Let's hear it for the boys, Music
On Conde Nast Traveller & Africa’s “Image Problem”
May 6, 2013
The Real Truth About Africa and What the Aid Industry’s Spin-doctors Don’t Want You to Know Culled from June 2013 Conde Nast Traveller article by Jane Bussmann On Christmas night, a friend’s car screamed up outside my window [in Mombasa]. ‘Do you know where your passport is? And how much cash have you got in […]
Posted in: Travel
Emancipation 150: All Ears with Terrance McKnight
April 23, 2013
WQXR and The Greene Space present Emancipation 150: All Ears with Terrance McKnight A discussion and performance with IMANI WINDS, ROY EATON, DONAL FOX and JOE DAMON CHAPPEL Hosted by WQXR’s Terrance McKnight and Q2 Music’s Helga Davis Monday, April 29 at 7:00pm Live webcast available at www.thegreenespace.org and www.wqxr.org On Monday, April 29, WQXR’s […]
Posted in: Music
Talib Kweli + Soundcheck Live
April 23, 2013
WNYC’s “Soundcheck” presents SOUNDCHECK LIVE: TALIB KWELI Hosted by Soundcheck’s John Schaefer Wednesday, April 24th at 9:00pm Live webcast available at www.thegreenespace.org (New York, NY—April 23, 2013) On Wednesday, April 24, WNYC’s Soundcheck presents an intimate conversation and performance with Brooklyn-based rapper TALIB KWELI, who will release his fifth album, Prisoner of Conscious, this May. Soundcheck host John Schaefer will join […]
Segun Agbaje + World Finance
April 4, 2013
I stopped by the newsagent to pick up a bar of white chocolate and pretty much did a double-take when I saw Segun Agbaje, MD & CEO of Guaranty Trust Bank (Nigeria), on the cover of World Finance. It isn’t often we see Africa on the cover of less mainstream, more industry-focused finance publications, especially […]
Posted in: Let's hear it for the boys, Nigeria
New York, New York + The High Line
April 3, 2013
I am slowly reacclimating to life post holiday: the demands of day-to-day responsibilities, the extended English winter, the fact that I no longer have the freedom to sleep & eat at will…lol; I kid. Having spent a few days in NYC, essentially dipping my toe in pretty much every corner of Manhattan and some points […]
Nigerian Natural Hair Meet-Up: Naturals in the City
March 31, 2013
The upcoming Naturals in the City 5 meet-up looks super exciting. It is wonderful to see the natural hair community in Nigeria grow and flourish For more info, visit http://www.NaturalNigerian.com
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