Africa Is a Country

'For the Africans in the Diaspora'

'For the Africans in the Diaspora'

By
Sean Jacobs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkDVUVosSgA

From somewhere in American suburbia, the very frank, at times trite The Ten Minute Fix, a Youtube “talk show” series with an East African bias. Here’s the raison d’etre: “This idea was born from the sheer fact that we have professionals around us, we have good equipment around us but most importantly we just like having fun around each other. We decided each time we meet up we will just let the camera’s roll and let whatever happens, happen. What we capture we will post to share the light moments with our friends and the diaspora in general.”

Further Reading

No one should be surprised we exist

The documentary film, ‘Rolé—Histórias dos Rolezinhos’ by Afro-Brazilian filmmaker Vladimir Seixas uses sharp commentary to expose social, political, and cultural inequalities within Brazilian society.

Kenya’s stalemate

A fundamental contest between two orders is taking place in Kenya. Will its progressives seize the moment to catalyze a vision for social, economic, and political change?

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