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What a wonderful; brilliant; witty and downright satirical essay about … Africa by Binyavanga Wainaina
How to write about Africa!

Read it and leave comments!

New Nigerian Restaurant in New York City. A rare sight indeed!
FESTAC GRILL - 263 Hendrix Street,
East New York, Brooklyn - NY 11207-2623
+1-718-627-5151

Photo by Flickr User -EOS Chaos
While the Senegalese have boldly opened semi-upscale restaurants in Harlem and Clinton Hill, complete with annotated menus, and the Ghanaians have established numerous small groceries and cafés [...]

Famed musician, freedom fighter and evangelist Sonny Okosuns died Saturday, May 24 at Howard University Teaching Hospital, Washington, D.C., at the age of 61. Considered as one of Nigeria’s leading artists, Mr. Okosuns succumbed after a prolonged battle with colon cancer.

He was one of my favorite pan-African musicians!
The anti-apartheid singer turned evangelist and praise singer [...]

Photo by Lillergy
Sometimes referred to the Manhattan Solstice. This is a semi-annual occurrence in which the setting sun aligns with the east-west streets of Manhattan’s main street grid. The term is derived from Stonehenge, at which the sun aligns with the stones on the solstices. It was coined in 2002 by Neil deGrasse Tyson, an [...]

Take your iPod into the water with you! Hmmm! This seems like a novel idea. Why should people who flex and exercise their muscles while jamming to that motivating song be limited to air and earth? Just check the specs. Hang Gliders in the air mellow out or jam out while fantasizing about being a [...]

Respect to African Unity Day; formally African Liberation Day. Now simply known as Africa Day.
African Liberation Day on May 25 is an annual holiday in various countries in Africa, coinciding with African Union’s Africa Day.
Although there does not exist one central site that gathers images, text, audio and video from global observations; I will mention [...]

For the third time! What a game! What a nail-biter! We had all the elements of a great football match. Let’s see: Two well-known, world-class teams; ridiculously well-paid, world famous players. Goals; red cards; yellow cards; shoving and pushing; numerous goal attempts; packed stadium; injuries; extra time; extreme weather … and penalty shootouts & sudden [...]

MacWorld magazine cohorts Jason Snell and Jonathan Seff pull together great advice and wisdom to re-write the rules when buying an Apple Mac computer whether it be desktop or laptop; or pro or consumer.
If you’re planning on buying a new Mac, you need facts about the modern lineup—so you can choose the computer that’s right [...]

I always thought of Racism as a blind; unexplainable feeling. Sort of like love. If you ask someone (well.. a perceived European descendant) why they hate a Black person (a perceived African descendant); you’ll never, ever get a straight answer. These fibers bind the USA into what it is.
This political season in the 21st century [...]

BBC Radio World Service online presents an audio excerpt perspective on the Continent of Africa coming to grip with it’s energy future.
Mon-Fri 4th - 10th May 2008 Each day features a different topic of realistic energy.
Powering up
Africa’s energy resources are plentiful yet it accounts for just a small percentage of global energy consumption.
BBC focuses on [...]

African music is being scrutinized. A few weeks back I posted a review/release about a HipLife Generation CD.
Read Here! Today I will allow African Musical connoisseur and World Music radio jockey of First World Music; Akenataa Hammagaadji laments on the state of what passes off as African music particularly in response to the post mentioned above. [...]

PieceBook: The Secret Drawings of Graffiti Writers is the brainchild of former New York City Graffiti writers; CHINO & SACHA. (Authors - Sacha Jenkins and David “CHINO” Villorente) They are contemporaries and friends of mine. They both repped CAC on the lines back in the day. I have not held a copy in my hands. [...]

This the title being used throughout the Internet. So I’ll roll with it!
People say that you can’t be stunting in front of people living in poverty. This is a misconception about Africa. Actually; the one who snatched his cable probably came from a upper class neighborhood in Luanda such as Luanda Sul. These chain snatchers [...]

Africa: Cinema - The Rise of Video Booths Shows There is An Untapped Audience Out There at the Right Price.
Some investment is being made in urban multiplexes and there are old single or double screen outlets left over from a previous era like Le Wouri in Akwa; Douala, Cameroon.

Photo taken by: Sebastien PERES LABOURDETTE
The evangelical [...]

The seventh annual Free Comic Book Day took place this Saturday, May 3rd, 2008. I love these ideas! Believe it or not; it only takes one person to spark the idea. Brainstormed by retailer Joe Field of Flying Colors Comics in Concord CA in his “Big Picture” column in the August 2001 issue of Comics [...]