Chester E. Macduffee And His Newly Patented, 250 Kilo Diving Suit, 1911.

Fantasma - Eye Of The Sun (Official)

Okmalumkoolkat - Holy Oxygen (Official Video)

Lagos Photo Festival 5th Edition ‘Staging Reality, Documenting Fiction’ October 25 - November 26, 2014

http://www.lagosphotofestival.com

Funsho Ogundipe Musician/Composer/Founder of Ayetoro, Lagos @101Ayetoro

Amadou Balake - “Super Bar Konon Mousso”

This tune by Amadou Balake the Burkinabe born vocalist was recorded in Lagos in 1978 at a time when Afrobeat had become one of the main vehicles for artistic expression by talented musicians on the African continent. Its groove and swing make it irresistible. 

Leikeli47: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Il faut lire Stuart Hall

Parce que son œuvre et sa pensée on été peu commentées en France. Parce que leur pertinence au regard de l'actualité en font des outils précieux pour comprendre notre époque tourmentée : il faut lire et relire Stuart Hall.

"La question de la différence n'est pas simple, mais c'est une question sur laquelle nous allons tous devoir nous pencher, parce que, sinon, nous allons nous entretuer." Stuart Hall

in Stuart Hall, Éric Macé, Eric Maigret, Mark Alizart, Editions Amsterdam, mai 2007.

Les éditions Amsterdam ont fourni l'essentiel de la bibliographie en français de ce grand intellectuel disparu le 10 février 2014.

Identités et Cultures. Politiques des cultural studies.

Identités et Cultures 2. Politiques des différences.

Le Populisme autoritaire. Puissance de la droite et impuissance de la gauche au temps du thatchérisme et du blairisme.

What is exactly is African Electronics?

What is exactly is African Electronics?

Artist Serge Attukwei Clottey views ‘African Electronics’ as a call for African empowerment, and a celebration of the innovation and energy which has been flowing through the continent for centuries. This film follows Serge in his studio and at Chale Wote street art festival as he explores how creative young Africans are taking charge of their future by embracing the cultural and natural richness…

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‘our reality is illusion’, 2011

FAK'UGESI DIGITAL AFRICA CONFERENCE

Will be held at the Wits School of Arts on the 4th, 5th and 6th of December 2014.

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How do you know I’m real? I’m not real; I’m just like you. You don’t exist in this society; if you did, your people wouldn’t be seeking equal rights. You’re not real; if you were, you’d have some status among the nations of the world. So we’re both myths. I do not come to you as the reality, I come to you as the myth because that’s what black people are, myths… I’m actually a present sent to you by your ancestors.

Sun Ra, Space is the Place (1974)  (via lordsofsoundandlesserthings)