African News, Arts, and Culture
Contents
- 1 African news: music, culture, and more
- 1.1 Ghana cashes in on slave heritage tourism
- 1.2 Remembering the slave trade
- 1.3 In memoriam: Prof J.H. Kwabena Nketia
- 1.4 Ewe king of the ring
- 1.5 Namsa Leuba's Stunning Photo Series Captures the Mystery and Beauty of Benin’s Voodoo Tradition
- 1.6 Nanny in Jamaica
- 1.7 Rawlings visits Apetorku festival in Dagbamete
- 1.8 In Ghanaian Village, American Woman Reigns As King
- 1.9 How Did A Jam Queen From Ghana Get To Be A Google Doodle?
- 1.10 website-in-progress for A Drummer's Testament
- 1.11 Great Tufts website devoted to Dagomba dance drumming
- 1.12 Mapping Africa
- 1.13 Ghana Highlife Music repository
- 1.14 Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground A penetrating look at the environmental and social impact of electronic waste.
- 1.15 African Art at the Met
- 1.16 John Collins has put his academic publications online on academia.edu
- 1.17 The Royal Museum for Central Africa
- 1.18 History of Africa from the BBC
- 1.19 Hand painted Ghanaian movie posters, an exhibition
- 1.20 Art & Life in Africa, hosted by the University of Iowa Museum of Art
- 1.21 Islamic tolerance in West Africa
- 1.22 Professor Kofi Agawu on the minimalist impulse in African music
- 1.23 The story of Ghanaian Highlife from the BBC (by John Collins)
- 1.24 Ghana's modern musical history from the BBC
- 1.25 m.anifest is an award-winning rapper and songwriter who's performed with Erykah Badu - and he's Prof. Nketia's grandson!
- 1.26 Ghana's unfinished buildings and sky-high rent
- 1.27 Obituary: Martin Bernal, author of Black Athena
- 1.28 Old Liquor Finds New Life in Ghana Cocktail Scene
- 1.29 Save precious Timbuktu manuscripts!
- 1.30 Du Bois in Our Time...
- 1.31 Mansa Musa, 14th century Malian king, was richest human being in all history
- 1.32 African Union at 50
- 1.33 Ghana's Azonto Craze
- 1.34 Fela Kuti Reissues: Message to an Unknown Soldier
- 1.35 Mali's historic manuscripts
- 1.36 A pioneer in West African literature: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- 1.37 Malian kora legend breaks music barriers
- 1.38 Group to Invest N1.4bn in New African Music Platform Called Mokingo
African news: music, culture, and more
Ghana cashes in on slave heritage tourism
Remembering the slave trade
In memoriam: Prof J.H. Kwabena Nketia
Ewe king of the ring
Namsa Leuba's Stunning Photo Series Captures the Mystery and Beauty of Benin’s Voodoo Tradition
Nanny in Jamaica
Rawlings visits Apetorku festival in Dagbamete
In Ghanaian Village, American Woman Reigns As King
How Did A Jam Queen From Ghana Get To Be A Google Doodle?
website-in-progress for A Drummer's Testament
, which is the product of a collaborative ethnographic project. The principal authors are John M. Chernoff and Alhaji Ibrahim Abdulai.
Great Tufts website devoted to Dagomba dance drumming
Mapping Africa
Also see this Time magazine map of principal export commodities
Ghana Highlife Music repository
Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground A penetrating look at the environmental and social impact of electronic waste.
African Art at the Met
(see especially The Age of Iron in West Africa, Arts of Power Associations in West Africa, {http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/asan_1/hd_asan_1.htm Art of the Asante Kingdom], and other exhibits.)
John Collins has put his academic publications online on academia.edu
The Royal Museum for Central Africa
History of Africa from the BBC
Hand painted Ghanaian movie posters, an exhibition
Art & Life in Africa, hosted by the University of Iowa Museum of Art
Islamic tolerance in West Africa
Professor Kofi Agawu on the minimalist impulse in African music
The story of Ghanaian Highlife from the BBC (by John Collins)
Ghana's modern musical history from the BBC
m.anifest is an award-winning rapper and songwriter who's performed with Erykah Badu - and he's Prof. Nketia's grandson!
Ghana's unfinished buildings and sky-high rent
Obituary: Martin Bernal, author of Black Athena
Old Liquor Finds New Life in Ghana Cocktail Scene
Save precious Timbuktu manuscripts!
Du Bois in Our Time...
a landmark exhibition and book that focuses on the intersection of art and the major issues of our time, centered on the legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois and the causes he championed, on the 50th anniversary of his death in Accra, Ghana
Mansa Musa, 14th century Malian king, was richest human being in all history
African Union at 50
Fifty anthems for the African continent. To mark the 50th anniversary of the African Union this year - formerly the Organisation of African Unity, BBC World Service listeners suggested the African songs that summed up the continent to them.
Africa Beats , from the BBC.
Ghana's Azonto Craze
Fela Kuti Reissues: Message to an Unknown Soldier
Mali's historic manuscripts
A pioneer in West African literature: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Malian kora legend breaks music barriers
Timbuktu's musical muse , with Mali's Toumani Diabate