Africlectic Magazine

yawtony: dynamicafrica: southafricantvads: Trevor Noah on...

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:01:14 -0400

dynamicafrica:

southafricantvads:

Trevor Noah on David Letterman

“Africa is not a colour, it’s a place” - good one!

But omg, the over-confident German part :|

Funny

lickypickystickyme: If grandmothers around the world had a...

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:05:02 -0400

lickypickystickyme:

If grandmothers around the world had a rallying cry, it would probably sound something like “You need to eat!”

Photographer Gabriele Galimberti’s grandmother said something similar to him before one of his many globetrotting work trips. To ensure he had at least one good meal, she prepared for him a dish of ravioli before he departed on one of his adventures.

“In that occasion I said to my grandma ‘You know, Grandma, there are many other grandmas around the world and most of them are really good cooks,” Galimberti wrote via email. “I’m going to meet them and ask them to cook for me so I can show you that you don’t have to be worried for me and the food that I will eat!’ This is the way my project was born!”

The project, “Delicatessen With Love”, took Galimberti to 58 countries where he photographed grandmothers with both the ingredients and finished signature dishes.

He acted as photographer and stylist during each shoot with the grandmothers, taking a portrait of both the women and the food they made for him.

From top to bottom:

Inara Runtule, 68, Kekava, Latvia. Silke (herring with potatoes and cottage cheese).

Grace Estibero, 82, Mumbai, India. Chicken vindaloo.

Susann Soresen, 81, Homer, Alaska. Moose steak.

Serette Charles, 63, Saint-Jean du Sud, Haiti. Lambi in creole sauce.

The photographer’s grandmother Marisa Batini, 80, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy. Swiss chard and ricotta Ravioli with meat sauce.

Normita Sambu Arap, 65, Oltepessi (Masaai Mara), Kenya. Mboga and orgali (white corn polenta with vegetables and goat).

Julia Enaigua, 71, La Paz, Bolivia. Queso Humacha (vegetables and fresh cheese soup).

Fifi Makhmer, 62, Cairo, Egypt. Kuoshry (pasta, rice and legumes pie).

Isolina Perez De Vargas, 83, Mendoza, Argentina. Asado criollo (mixed meats barbecue).

Bisrat Melake, 60, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Enjera with curry and vegetables.

afroklectic: Vlisco: The Hommage à l’Art collection

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:51:14 -0400

afroklectic:

Vlisco: The Hommag e à l’Art collection

Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour and Finnish composer Kaija...

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:42:00 -0400

Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour and Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho have been named as the recipients of this year’s Polar Music Prize.

Sweden’s highest musical honour is awarded annually to both a pop performer and classical artist.

The pair will each receive one million kronor (£98,600) from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.

King Carl XVI Gustaf will present them with their awards at a Stockholm ceremony on 27 August.

The prize is awarded for “exceptional achievements in the creation and advancement of music”.

The academy recognised Ndour as “not just a singer, but a storyteller, poet, singer of praise, entertainer and verbal historian”.

“With his exceptionally exuberant band Super Etoile de Dakar and his musically ground breaking and political solo albums, Youssou Ndour has worked to reduce animosities between his own religion, Islam, and other religions,” it said.

“His voice encompasses an entire continent’s history and future, blood and love, dreams and power.”

He was last year appointed Senegal’s minister of tourism.

He also owns an influential media group, a night club and a music studio.

Saariaho, who has written chamber music, orchestral works and operas, was praised as “a modern maestro who opens up our ears and causes their anvils and stirrups to fall in love”.

The prize was founded in 1989 by Stig Anderson, the manager of Swedish pop group ABBA.

Last year’s winners were US singer Paul Simon and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

Other previous winners include Sir Elton John, Sir Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Bjork and Patti Smith.

afroklectic: Vlisco: Hommage à l’Art

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:41:11 -0400

afroklectic:

Vlisco: Hommage à l’Art

dynamicafrica: EVENT: AFRICANS AT SUMMERSTAGE (NYC) Femi Kuti...

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:39:58 -0400

dynamicafrica:

EVENT: AFRICANS AT SUMMERSTAGE (NYC)

Femi Kuti and the Positive Force, Sinkane, DJ sets by King Britt (23rd June 2013)

Oliver Mtukudzi and the Black Spirits, Fatoumata Diawara, Krar Collective, DJ Sirak (7th July 2013)

MORE EVENTS.

gray37: Artist James Eugene [Jim114] At Amber and the...

Mon, 06 May 2013 08:21:09 -0400

gray37:

Artist James Eugene [Jim114]

At Amber and the Hidden City. Cover by James Eugene.

dynamicafrica: FASHION 2112: LE FUTUR DU BEAU Using various...

Mon, 06 May 2013 08:13:45 -0400

dynamicafrica:

FASHION 2112: LE FUTUR DU BEAU

Using various scrap and waste raw materials, Senegalese photographer Omar Victor Diop creates a recyclable and futuristic fashion spread that keenly looks into what style may look like in this dystopian 22nd century setting that provides the backdrop for his creations.

#AFRO-FUTURISM

37thstate: RAGE FOR CHANGE: Ndidi Nwuneli at TEDxEuston Listen...

Mon, 06 May 2013 08:12:39 -0400

37thstate:

RAGE FOR CHANGE: Ndidi Nwuneli at TEDxEuston

Listen to Ndidi’s inspiring talk about changing mindsets and the status quo in her country.

Ndidi Nwuneli is a director of Sahel Capital Partners, a leading advisory firm focused on the agribusiness and manufacturing sectors, and the co-founder of AACE Foods, an agro-processing company. Through her work with Sahel and AACE, she has also shaped agriculture strategy and policy and supported a range of clients in Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana and Liberia. Ndidi started her career as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, working in their Chicago, New York and Johannesburg offices.

She returned to Nigeria in 2000 to fulfil her passion for promoting entrepreneurship and leadership development in Africa. She served as the pioneer executive director of the FATE Foundation from 2000, and then established LEAP Africa and NIA in 2002 and 2003 respectively. NIA empowers female university students to achieve their highest potential in life, while LEAP Africa provides leadership, ethics and management training and coaching for youth, business owners, social entrepreneurs and the public sector. LEAP also conducts leadership research and has published numerous books including: Defying the Odds: Case Studies of Nigerian Companies that have Survived Generations, Rage for Change and Building a Culture of Ethics.

Ndidi holds a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. She was recognized as a Global Leader of Tomorrow and Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland and received a National Honour, Member of the Federal Republic in 2004. Ndidi is married with two children.

provocativegymnastic: Soweto/Sowebo - Martha Cooper Soweto is a...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:47:02 -0400

provocativegymnastic:

Soweto/Sowebo - Martha Cooper

Soweto is a big city on the outskirts of Johannesburg. Sowebo is a small neighbourhood in downtown Baltimore (where ‘The Wire’ is based on).

Like Soweto, Sowebo played a historic role in the fight for racial equality.

After the Tragic assassination of Martin Luther King there was a massive black uprising in Baltimore leaving many white shop owners to flea the area. More than 40 years later most of these establishments remain abandoned. Because of it’s desolate nature, someone decided to nickname the neighbourhood ‘Sowebo’ after Soweto and the name stuck.

dynamicafrica: korrespondens: Happy womens day! Here in Uganda...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:45:41 -0400

dynamicafrica:

korrespondens:

Happy womens day! Here in Uganda it is a public holiday, an example to be followed everywhere in my opinion.

Bukoba, Tanzania.

deatheatingbloodmagic: Black people in England and Wales are 7...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:28:28 -0400

deatheatingbloodmagic:

Black people in England and Wales are 7 times more likely to be stopped by police than white people. Asians are twice as likely. The vast majority are ordinary people guilty only of being the wrong color.

What are the stories behind the statistics?

Learn more about the human cost of stop and search.

http://osf.to/ethnicprofiling

But I thought England was the beacon of anti-racism. This just can’t be.

b-sama: Colonial PR Films Provide Window into Africa’s More...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:27:11 -0400

b-sama:

Colonial PR Films Provide Window into Africa’s More Recent Past

The UK’s Colonial Film Catalogue, a database of more than 6000 films (150 viewable online) provides an impressive, although subjective, window into the peoples living under British colonial rule. Although at times condescending, these videos find their value in providing a fantastic trip through time into life in these places.The website has a collection of films from across the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australia, and dating back as far as 1895. From Ghana (then the Gold Coast) toNigeria, British Guyana, India, and the Sudan, perhaps these videos are most valuable for providing an eye into the colonial mentality of the British empire.

palmofmyhands: Ermias Ekube Ermias Ekube was born in 1970, in...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:22:00 -0400

palmofmyhands:

Ermias Ekube

Ermias Ekube was born in 1970, in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia. He co-founded the Asmara School of Fine Arts in 1994, the first of its kind after liberation, where he taught painting for one year. He enrolled for four years at the Addis Ababa College of Fine Arts and Design, studied painting, drawing, sculpture and graphics art, majoring painting (DFA in 1990). Besides giving short art work-shops and art courses, Ermias exhibitsregularly with 2D and 3D mediums in different techniques, in Asmara, which inspires many contemporary young artists in the city.

Ermias currently lives and works in Nairobi.

See more of his artwork here.

iluvsouthernafrica: Unbelievably talented Mwamba Mulangala:...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:21:44 -0400

iluvsouthernafrica:

Unbelievably talented Mwamba Mulangala: Zambian artist

African Football Game built to resemble local rural surroundings...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:48:27 -0400

African Football Game built to resemble local rural surroundings that captures the vibe of a village atmosphere where kids enjoy football.

dynamicafrica: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on love, race, culture,...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:40:26 -0400

dynamicafrica:

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on love, race, culture, immigration and hair - some of the central issues in her latest novel Americanah.

What she says when she expands on her statement, ‘I like America but it’s not mine…Nigeria is home to me…but I like that I can leave home’, is incredibly central to the experience of those of us who bounce between the diaspora and Nigeria, those of us who are constantly pulled between two very different worlds that can simultaneously feel like home and a foreign place, all at the same time.

World According to USA by Visual Artist Yanko Tsvetko

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:47:00 -0400

World According to USA

by Visual Artist Yanko Tsvetko

Of boiled cow hooves and Ugandan manners Any Kenyan living in...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:18:42 -0400

Of boiled cow hooves and Ugandan manners

Any Kenyan living in Uganda will confess that manners are the hardest test for Kenyans to pass in the eyes of Ugandans.

For the five years I studied and worked in Uganda, I never found any Kenyan who adapted fully to the Ugandan way of doing things. We always stood out like sore thumbs.

Greetings are important to Ugandans, and if one does not greet others properly, it is taken as a sign of lack of manners.

During my time in Uganda, I lived on the outskirts of Kampala, where many Baganda uphold their customs, including women kneeling while addressing their husbands and serving them food, even if the dinner table is above their heads while kneeling — quite a shock to Kenyan eyes.

My Ugandan friend Barbra invited me to their home many times, and, although I enjoyed the food – roast chicken, vinyebwa(groundnut stew) and matooke, it was hard for me to bend my knees to her dad.

Barbra used to laugh at me when I would ask whether they had visitors every day, because of the variety of food they would have for each meal.

Even a poor Ugandan makes five dishes for a meal compared with a well-to-do Kenyan, who will just prepare ugali, sukumawiki and meat.

The popular roast meat, chicken, pork and matooke are also sold on the roadside, unlike in Kenya where such foods are limited to pubs and restaurants.

Boiled cow hooves and cassava is a meal that made me visit Mama Babirye Restaurant in Wandegeya more than four times a week, and any time I visit Kampala. Read More:

Kenyan art travels the world Kenyan artists are continuing to...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:15:10 -0400

Kenyan art travels the world

Kenyan artists are continuing to make their mark on the international scene.

Eight of them feature in a London charity auction next month while two of those plus another artist are reaching out to gallery-goers in the US and Switzerland.

The auction is to take place at Bonham’s on the eve of the firm’s Africa Now sale of modern and contemporary African art, on May 20.

The works, which are being packed and flown to the UK this week, are by Peterson Kamwathi, Beatrice Wanjiku, Michael Soi, James Muriuki, Paul Onditi, Cyrus Kabiru, Anthony Okello, and Bertiers.

The photograph by Muriuki and the painting by Beatrice Wanjiku are particularly interesting. Muriuki’s view of a construction site in the Parklands area of Nairobi speaks of gestation, of rebirth, and of an unknown future, for whatever is built will alter the dynamic of the neighbourhood; while Wanjiku’s painting — The Constant Yearning — with its three disparate figures, deals with the search for emotional peace against a matrix of dissatisfaction. Her three figures are those she sees within us all… on the left resignation to our fate, in the centre denial, and on the right anger at our plight.

Money raised from the sale will be given to the African Arts Trust, and will be spent on the arts in Kenya.