Art in Tanzania is an NGO operating in East Africa with projects in Tanzania and Ethiopia. One of their amazing initiatives has been to promote and support local artists and assist them with recording and promoting their music. This project has had some success and the organization is working on new strategies that will give [...]

After I reviewed Clint Eastwood’s latest movie, Invictus, an anthropologist I care deeply for sent me an email with her insights on the movie. She had this to say at the time:
“I have complex feelings about Eastwood and his libertarian politics: for me, he has never understood social processes, and works with lone, heroic figures [...]

Given the charade going on in Kenya these days, Prime-Minister talks about the tensions between him and the President. Guess where? In Japan. Click and watch:

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Senator Obama goes to Africa is a travelogue / movie propaganda made by Bob Hercules and Keith Walke. The directors follow the then senator Obama through this short African odyssey. In this documentary, Barack Obama visits the city of Kisumu in western Kenya, the capital of the country, Nairobi, as well as South Africa and [...]

90 people lost their lives in a EA plane crash two days ago. My most sincere condolences go to the families affected by this tragedy. It is only the third fatal accident in Ethiopian Airlines’ history, the largest airline in Africa.

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If you have dollars, Euros or any major currency, you should make sure you bring 100 euro / dollar bills. In East Africa, you get a better rate for 50 / 100 bills than for 10/20 bills. (EAC)
Do not bring travel checks. There are probably only one or two places in Nairobi where you can [...]

Hi there. I safely reached Dar es Salaam, visited my research site and started working on my project. I found everything as it was last year. As we speak, I’m trying to find the address of some of the highly rated restaurants in Dar as I’m meeting with an acquaintance of mine for dinner. One [...]

Sidede Onyulo (1955 – 2008) was an internationally acclaimed Kenyan actor, most famous for his role as Owour in Oscar winning movie Nowhere in Africa or his performance as Ignosi in the 2004 adaptation of King Solomon’s Mines.

Nowhere in Africa might just be the most touching and most caring Western movie on an Africa-related theme I’ve seen in my life

If you were to leave the comfortable and safe environment of your upper class house, and move to a completely new place where the customs, morals, habits and the language you speak [...]

I just started watching a series of African and Africa related movies in an attempt to make a Top 20 Best African movies for me and for other people who would like to have a glimpse of Africa through visual arts. As few such tops exist I ‘m looking into various online resources, both from Africa and from the Western media and I’m piling up my list.