- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 24, 2012
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More Sounds from Sofrito
British DJ crew Sofrito serves up another killer comp of Caribbean, South American, and African grooves
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, Mar 7, 2012
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Talking while Africa burns
Danai Gurira's The Convert leaves us praying for something more than debate
- Music, Artist on Artist, Apr 28, 2011
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Femi Kuti Reconfronts the "Attitude of Lagos" with Chicago Afrobeat Project's Kevin Ford
"What kind of system of government is that, when it is broken down before it started?"
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 27, 2010
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Tapestries of Hope
"Tapestries of Hope," a documentary about human rights activists combating Zimbabwe's devastating "virgin myth," screens Tuesday at Landmark Century Centre and the Lake Theater.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 21, 2010
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5/22 — Free International Awareness Festival at D'Estee Inc.
On Sat 5/22 from 2 to 5 PM, the Chicago alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta hosts a free International Awareness Festival at D'Estee Inc.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 15, 2010
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Our Trip to Africa
Peter Kubelka's 1966 scrambled document of an African hunting trip, "Unsere Afrikareise," screens Monday 3/15 in the Landscape Films program at the School of the Art Institute
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 9, 2010
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The Will to Survive
"The Will to Survive: The Story of the Gullah/Geechee Nation," a documentary about Sapelo Island, Georgia, screens at Kennedy King College on Tuesday 2/9.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 8, 2010
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Cuba: An African Odyssey
"Cuba: An African Odyssey," screening Monday 2/8 at Biblioteca Popular, follows Cuba's role in African liberation campaigns from the 60s through the 80s.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 26, 2010
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"Milking the Rhino" Director David E. Simpson
David E. Simpson, director of the documentary "Milking the Rhino" about community-based conservation in Africa, speaks Tuesday 1/26 at Chicago Filmmakers.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 5, 2009
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I Bring What I Love
Black World Cinema presents a discounted preview screening of "Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love" a day before the documentary about the iconic Senegalese singer and activist opens for a weeklong run at Chatham 14.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 13, 2009
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The Athlete
"The Athlete," a biopic about Ethiopian gold medalist Adebe Bikila, screens 10/13 and 10/17 in the Chicago International Film Festival.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 9, 2009
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Geof Bradfield's African Flowers
Chicago jazz reedist Geof Bradfield unveils an ambitious new suite inspired by his African travels.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 30, 2009
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Soul Power
"Soul Power," the documentary about the all-star Zaire 74 concert starring James Brown, screens Thursday 10/1 at Chatham 14.
- Music, Music Sidebar, Sep 3, 2009
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African Festival of the Arts
Featuring Ahmad Jamal, Ohio Players, the Pharcyde, Booker T. Jones, and George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 8, 2009
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"Only the white people can go there for the gold"
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 17, 2009
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Making waves
Local filmmaker Bob Hercules presents portraits of two great community organizers and a controversial Holocaust survivor in three documentaries screening this week in the first Chicago Independent Film Festival.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 15, 2009
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A line of African-inspired clothing that helps actual Africans
Suno, a new line of modern separates made from Kenyan textiles by fair-trade workers in Kenya, debuts locally at Ikram.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 12, 2009
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Kwaito kompilation
Spoek Mathambo's new mix tape
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 3, 2008
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Tears in Their Millet Beer
A compilation of country music made by Nigerians
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 20, 2008
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Adult Swim does Africa
A variety of Africa-related news bites and updates
