Just in case you feel an urgent need to dance, here's some Soukous from 1988...
Zitany Neil - Marcory Gasoil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKmwh2GymMA
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Premieres at the New York African Film Festival on May 24
https://whenisayafrica.com/
"The film looks at the dynamic and asks a simple question: Who exactly are we trying to save Africa from?"
Records show that senior State Department officials in both D.C. and Gambia coordinated with Starlink execs to coax, lobby and browbeat Gambian government ministers to help Musk. One official said Gambia is under “maximum pressure” to yield.
#News #Gambia #ElonMusk #Musk #Starlink #Technology #Politics #Africa
Beats, borders, and the struggle for freedom
"Amid global political turmoil and restrictive visa policies, artists are redefining resistance—on the dance floor and beyond."
https://africasacountry.com/2025/02/beats-borders-and-the-struggle-for-freedom
For a month, New Orleans-raised, multiple time Grammy-winning artist PJ Morton traveled across four African countries, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana and Egypt, for his album, "Cape Town to Cairo".
Smoke and Mirrors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFFbsziji4k
“I’ve been told so many things about Africa. Seeing for myself broke many of those narratives that I was told. I realized that perceptions usually depend on who is telling the story,” Morton says of the new single.
A tous les francophones, d'ici et d'ailleurs : je propose à ceux qui le souhaitent (opt-in) de rejoindre un Mastodon Starter Pack :
https://fedidevs.com/s/MjUy/
#France #WestAfrica #Canada #Quebec #Français #StarterPack #Africa #Afrique
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Countries on the edge of the Sahara desert are reversing desertification by just digging half circles.
The ground in these places is too compact for water to soak in during wet season which leads to flooding but digging these holes gives the water a place to stop and soak in. And they’re pushing back the desert with this. By just digging holes.
via what-even-is-thiss
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Bring back Ngonnso
"A 2023 research article estimates that 40,000 objects from Cameroon are in German museums, a far cry from the roughly 6,000 pieces in the state collections in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon. The artifacts in Germany consist of musical instruments, ritual masks, textiles, manuscripts, weapons, and tools, many of which were acquired through violent raids."
Requiem for a revolution
A sweeping, jazz-scored exploration of Cold War intrigue and African liberation, Johan Gimonprez’s 'Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat' lays bare the cultural and political battlegrounds where empires, artists, and freedom fighters clashed.
https://africasacountry.com/2025/01/requiem-for-a-revolution
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Dilman Dila is an award-winning independent Ugandan film-maker doing short videos often with sci-fi or fantasy elements. You can follow his video account at:
➡️ @dilmandila
There are already many short films and other videos uploaded, you can browse them all at https://video.ploud.jp/a/dilmandila/videos
You can also follow Dila's general non-video account at @dilmandila@mograph.social
#FeaturedPeerTube #FilmMaking #SciFi #ShortFilms #Uganda #Africa #AfricanCinema #PeerTube #PeerTubers
Promote what you love...
FYI: this account, companion of the eponym blog, is proudly edited and managed from Benin, West Africa.
Photo: women near Ganvié village, near Cotonou
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganvie
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In 1995, Cameroonian musician Francis Bebey visited Real World Studios in Bath, #England for a special recording session. During his visit, he gave a demonstration of the n’dehou, a single-note bamboo flute originated by the Forest People of Central #Africa. 🪈🇨🇲
👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/francis-bebey-ndehou-one-note-bamboo-flute
IYANU Official Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E__kodj_nkM
An animated series created by Lion Forge Entertainment, coming to Cartoon Network and Max on April 5th.
The series is based on the graphic novel series from Dark Horse Comics and YouNeek Studios.
From the 2025 IFPI Report 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa made $110 million for the first time ever.
South Africa accounted for 75% of that revenue, and has consistently been the country which generates the most money across all 49 in the region.
In 2022, Sub-Saharan Africa grew by 35%
In 2023, Sub-Saharan Africa grew by 25%
In 2024, Sub-Saharan Africa grew by 23%
Hey #solarpunk people from outside of the Global North!
@SolarpunkConference would like to hear your voices on why they should allow you to watch their online #conference without having a credit card compatible with the US payment system!
Do we have anyone from #Ukraine or anywhere in #Africa ? #Brazil ? #India ? #southAmerica ? #southEastAsia ?
https://mastodon.world/@SolarpunkConference/113957600020215218
#globalSouth #socialJustice #climate #climateChange #event #futurism #hope #hopepunk #anarchism
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Rumba, but not the Cuban one, the transatlantic one from #DRCongo: Franco & Le T.P.O.K. Jazz live in Utrecht 1987. The band OK Jazz, later le Tout Puissant OK Jazz, formed in Léopoldville (now Kinshasa) in 1956. At one point consisting of more than 50 members, the group would split; half playing in Kinshasa, the others touring #Africa and beyond. During the 80s competing bands could not keep up with their output of on average 4 albums a year.
#Ethnomusicology #WorldMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7hte1jnmgU
Rolling Stone Africa are looking for content creators, writers, photographers, art directors and much more.
Apply here:
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Osa is a Nigerian-American pottery artist using traditional Nigerian and African techniques in a modern studio. She's just started a PeerTube channel featuring her works, you can follow at:
If the videos haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them at https://makertube.net/a/potterybyosa/videos
You can also follow her general non-video account at @potterybyosa@mastodon.social
#FeaturedPeerTube #Pottery #Nigeria #Africa #AfricanArt #PeerTube #PeerTubers
Ten years of building a movement for digital rights in Africa: Impact of the African Declaration on Rights and Freedoms in Africa
> This paper examines the impact of the African Declaration on shaping digital rights discourse and policy in Africa, focusing on its role in promoting access, privacy and freedom of expression
https://africaninternetrights.org/en/node/2602
#AfricanInternetRights #DigitalInclusion #Africa #AfricanDeclaration
6 Belgian and French #Rap artists from Congo, unified in a song "Free Congo" (Gradur, Ninho, Damso, Josman, Youssoupha & Kalash Criminel)
Des millions d’morts, au Nord-Kivu, personne n’en parle
Il s’passe des dingueries au pays de mes rents-pa
On pense à vous, je sais qu’un jour on s’y rendra
J’ai rêvé d’un monde meilleur, sans Kagame, sans M23
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Free Congo - Official video
(Gradur, Ninho, Damso, Josman, Youssoupha & Kalash Criminel)
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