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Khayelitsha. Hairbrushing. Township, South Africa, 2004
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Waterworn pebble resembling a human face, from Makapansgat, South Africa, ca. 3,000,000 BCE. Reddish brown jasperite, approx. 2 3/8” wide.
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AFROBEATS CITY PRESENTS TOP 60 SONGS FOR 2021
First of all a massive THANK YOU to all of our followers both old and new, we appreciate the love and support.
2021 has been an amazing year for the African music scene and the term “Afrobeats to the World” really came into full force as Afrobeats received massive international recognition and broke barriers down in more than one way. For example, we saw international collaborations such as; Wizkid, Tems andJustin Bieber, African music took over TikTok, Grammy awards were won and Afrobeats entered and broke the record on the Billboard charts and also not forgetting that WizkidSOLD OUT the O2 with not one but THREE dates plus so much more.
I can’t wait to see what 2022 has in store for the music scene and you can be sure that you can catch it all here and on our socials.
Following on with our Afrobeats City yearly tradition we have put together a list of our favourite songs released this year.
The list which features 60 songs which has been spilt into two sections, the top 1-10 are rated in order of our favourites and the rest of the list (tracks 20-60) is rated in no particular order, just songs that we the team enjoyed the most this year.
Repost, message or tweet us your favourite song(s) for 2021. Enjoy
Listen to the full playlist on Spotify Now: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/125RG1NmNEEgllLMPh8xNl?si=5akGLFGJRsC1sDhfa7jb5A
- Fireboy DML - Peru
- Wizkid ft Tems - Essence
- Lojay & Sarz - Monalisa
- Ladipoe ft Buju - Feeling
- Wizkid ft Buju - Mood
- Burna Boy ft Wizkid - B'Dor
- Mayorkun ft Victony - Holy Father
- Reekado Banks - Ozumba Mbadiwe
- NSG - Petitie
- Olamide - Rock
- Goya Menor & Nektunez - Ameno Amapiano
- Ruger - Bounce
- Buju - Outside
- Omah Lay - Understand
- Ayra Starr - Bloody Samaritan
- DJ Tarico ft Burna boy & preck & nelson Tivane - Yaba Buluku remix
- Kizz Daniel ft Philkeyz - Nesesari
- Davido ft Focalistic - Champion Sound
- Adekunle Gold - It is what it is
- Tiwa Savage ft Brandy - Somebody’s son
- Tems - Crazy Tings
- Gyakie ft Omah Lay - Forever Remix
- Adekunle Gold ft Davido - High
- Ladipoe ft Fireboy DML - Running
- Ckay - Love Nwantiti
- Joeboy - Sip
- Fireboy DML ft Ed Sheeran - Peru Remix
- JAE5 ft Skepta & Rema - Dimension
- Rema - Bounce
- Naira Marley ft Busiswa - Coming
- Ruger - Dior
- Wande Coal - Come my way
- Burna Boy - Kilometre
- Zinoleesky - Naira Marley
- Wizkid - Steady
- Tems - The Key
- Wizkid - Anoti
- Focalistic ft Davido & Virgo Deep - Ke Star Remix
- Rexxie ft Mohbad - KPK (Ko Per Ke)
- Zinoleesky - Kilofeshe
- Spinall ft Fireboy DML - Sere
- Lojay & Sarz - Tonongo
- Dangbana Republik ft Bella Shmurda - Rush
- Black Sherif ft Burna Boy - Second Sermon remix
- Kizz Daniel ft Falz & LK Kuddy & Olamide - Currently
- Wizkid ft Tems & Justin Bieber - Essence remix
- Bad Boy Timz - Move
- Rema - Soundgasm
- Ayra Starr - Away
- Burna boy ft Don Jazzy - Question
- Lojay & Sarz - Panty!
- Yaw Tog ft Stormzy & Kwesi Arthur - Sore Remix
- Poco Lee ft Portable & Olamide - ZaZoo Zehh
- Ric Hassani - Thunder Fire yOu
- Teezee ft Davido - Badi
- Tion Wayne ft NSG- Loyal
- R2Bees ft King Promise & Joeboy - Fine Wine
- Mr Eazi - The Don
- Joeboy - Runaway
- Simi - Woman
Disclaimer: This list is based on our own opinions and the songs that we enjoyed the most.
N'Chwaning III Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
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Slipfontein, Brits, Western Bushveld Complex, Bojanala Platinum District, North West Province, South Africa
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Decolonisation, Stereotypes and The “Mis-Education” of African Fashion
Decolonisation, Stereotypes and The “Mis-Education” of African Fashion
We recently interviewed Dr Erica de Greef for our youtube channel. She shared with us about a new online course offered by her company – AFRI / the African Fashion Research Institute which explores why African fashion stereotypes exist and persist. (Do watch the full interview here and make sure to subscribe, like and share.)
In this interview she shares her thoughts on the need to decolonise…
Laduma does it again! – Maxhosa Africa showcased another amazing collection for NYFW
One of my favourite PEOPLE, if not just designers, is South African Laduma Ngxokolo. Having watched his journey in business, design and excellence I continue to stand in awe of his work.
So seeing him present yet another amazing collection on Wednesday 16 September, with Maxhosa Africa wowing viewers as he showcased during a virtual NYFW I can only again salute him.
This beautiful colourful…
Rhodochrosite on Manganese & Iron Matrix
Locality: NChwaning I Mine, Kuruman, North Cape Province, South Africa
Size: 5.8 × 4.8 × 2.3 cm
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From Being, part of a series by Zanele Muholi, 2007.
Scheduled to deliver opening remarks, The South African Minister of Arts and Culture, Lulu Xingwana, stormed out of a 2010 show featuring Muholi’s work depicting the everyday normality of the lives of black lesbian couples.
“It was immoral, offensive and going against nation-building.” Xingwana said, justifying her boycott of the exhibit.
Muholi rejected criticism that her images constituted a pornographic display.
“Those pictures are based on experience and issues. Where else can we express ourselves if not in our democratic country?”
She added: “Children need to know about these things. A lot of people have no understanding of sexual orientation, people are suffering in silence.””
Although same-sex marriage is legal in South Africa and the rights of gays and lesbians are guaranteed in the constitution, crimes of homophobic violence, including “corrective rape,” are rarely investigated by police.
Xingwana was soon removed from her portfolio and given new duties: Minister for Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities.
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A sign outlining the apartheid rules on a beach in Durban, South Africa. 1989. The sign is in English, Afrikaans, and Zulu. The year after this picture was taken, Nelson Mandela secured his release from prison and began the process of negotiating an end to apartheid.
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- Some of the most damning statements by Masuku do not seem to be in the record the courts have been reviewing – I’m not sure why (I assume it is for some procedural reasons regarding how the challenge was brought, not that the courts are just studiously ignoring them, but I’m not sure). For example, Masuku reportedly expressly said that his comments were meant to “convey a message to the Jews of South Africa”, which seems quite germane to assessing whether his comments should be seen as targeting Jews.
- Likewise, I have no particular knowledge about South African law, and so cannot comment on whether this decision is correct or not as a faithful application of the current (or “best”) reading of the relevant constitutional clauses and statutes.
- Finally, while I oppose “hate speech” rules on principle, South Africa has elected to take a different approach on speech than does American constitutional law. Given that, there is no reason why the Jewish community of South Africa should not be able to avail itself of these protections.
1. [A]s we struggle to liberate Palestine from the racists, fascists and Zionists who belongto the era of their Friend Hitler! We must not apologise, every Zionist must be madeto drink the bitter medicine they are feeding our brothers and sisters in Palestine. Wemust target them, expose them and do all that is needed to subject them to perpetualsuffering until they withdraw from the land of others and stop their savage attacks onhuman dignity.
(In the realm of “damning comments not discussed”, during this blog discussion Masuku reportedly said that he had come to conclude that “Jews are arrogant, not from being told by any Palestinian, but from what I saw myself”).
The other three all came during a pro-Palestine university rally (and the court analyzes them together, hence why I think it’s perhaps more sensible to view them as one statement rather than three). There Masuku said:
2. “COSATU has got members here even on this campus; we can make sure that for that side [the pro-Israel side] it will be hell.”
3. “[T]he following things are going to apply: any South African family, I want to repeat it so that it is clear for anyone, any South African family who sends its son or daughter to be part of the Israel Defence Force must not blame us when something happens to them with immediate effect.”
4. “COSATU is with you, we will do everything to make sure that whether it’s at Wits, whether it’s at Orange Grove, anyone who does not support equality and dignity, who does not support rights of other people must face the consequences even if it means that we will do something that may necessarily cause what is regarded as harm.”
The Court ultimately concluded that the first statement (in the blog) was hate speech, while the other three are not. The deciding factor was the Hitler reference, which, the Court concluded, would reasonably be seen as targeting the Jewish community insofar as Hitler of course is famous for targeting Jews (and not specifically “Zionist Jews”). The other statements, by contrast, however hurtful or offensive they might have been, appear to be in the context specifically of opposing “pro-Israel” persons rather than the Jewish community as such.
Overall, I think this should be viewed as a pretty sizeable victory for the Jewish community. I might suggest that the fourth statement, too, could be seen as targeting the Jewish community insofar as Orange Grove is apparently well-known as a heavily Jewish neighborhood and its inclusion therefore seems to be specifically about referencing the Jewish community as Jews (that is, just as a Hitler reference is evocative of Jews, not Zionist Jews, Orange Grove is also associated with Jews, not specifically Zionist Jews). I think the Court’s assessment of the second and third statements is fair enough; there is no doubt those words represent sharp blows thrown, but they expressly relate to persons who are by some form of action taking a side and are commentary on that side. One need not like or approve of them to think they fall within the bounds of protective speech.
But on the whole, the Court seemed quite thoughtful here. It recognized that words which on face might appear neutral or nonsectarian may, given social context, historical usage, or other considerations, nonetheless evoke hateful tropes; this was very important in avoiding what I thought was some too-quick moves by the appellate court to simply intone the truism that Zionism and Judaism are not synonymous and call it day. On this point, the Court said something that may well be worth framing:
Due regard to this context and history must be observed when dealing with expressions that are allegedly anti-Semitic, because many socially acceptable words may become a proxy for anti-Semitic sentiments. Focusing on the plain text and ignoring the objectively ascertainable subtext would be ignorant, inappropriate and antithetical to what our Constitution demands.
Couldn’t say it better.
In any event – Masuku and COSATU have been veryaggressive in fighting this case (and, I’ll be honest, I expected them to prevail). It will be interesting to see how the court-ordered apology plays out. But it appears that, as a legal matter, the Masuku saga has finally come to a close.
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