random goodness
Posted: March 19th, 2008 | Author: kamau | Filed under: internet, magazine, music | Comments Off- magazine: the fader: africa [pdf]. issue dedicated to african music. articles on kwaito (shot/narrated by krisanne johnson), metal/dub/jazz outfit blk jks (shot by mikhael subotsky), malawian pop musician esau mwamwaya (shot by liz jonhson artur) ghanaian hiplife (shot by carolyn drake). and everywhere brilliant photography by andrew dosunmu. quoth the editorial: ” … this issue is something to be taken in hand and perhaps remind the world out there that Africa is a dynamic and complex continent of civilizations and cultures before it is anything else.”
- music: bongo flava mixtape by dj dona: sio swahili rap ni bongo flava. favorites: “binti kiziwi” by z-anto, “cinderella” by ali kiba, both more lyrically driven/taraab inspired.
- comics: the shikwekwes an african webcomic [via kenyan pundit]
