Just don’t do it
Saying that blackface is an American thing (everyone now uses this excuse) and therefore not a problem anywhere else, makes you look dumb.
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Serginho Roosblad
Serginho Roosblad is a documentary filmmaker, journalist, and photographer born in Amsterdam.
Eastern Highlands
This Weekend Music Break features a number of strong women performers: Nosiwe, Rina Mushonga, Alicious Theluji, and the 95 year old Tututa Evora, who just passed away.
A year of coups
In what amounts to another pointless exercise, the Washington Post repeated its 2013 map of countries most likely to have a coup. Of course, African countries are at the top of the list.
Fokn Bois in a Dutch village
It is not clear what Ghanaian duo Fokn Bois, on tour in the Netherlands, was doing visiting a boring Dutch town, Liesbeth. But it turned out to be fun.
Shake My Head Mandela “Moments”
We collected a ton of odd (including flat out racist and objectionable) media that circulated on social media and by journalists in the last few days about Mandela’s passing.
Miley Cyrus has Nigerian parents
Parody performers, the Naija Boyz, take on Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball.” It is unclear what they’re trying to say.
10 excuses Dutch people make for blackface
The Dutch can’t hide how racist the “tradition” of the blackface character, Zwarte Piet, is. Here we parody their rationalizations.
File under: Dutch Liberalism
No, there’s is not a vigorous debate on blackface and racism in the Netherlands. Instead it’s the usual duplicity of Dutch liberals.
‘Tribal’ Reality Television
A Dutch TV channel created a fictive African ‘tribe’ for a reality TV show about ‘Africa.’ It employed an actual Namibian ethnic group to do the job. When will this end?
The Steve Biko Party
What has Steve Bantu Biko got to do with partying and spring in the Netherlands?
The Happy Dutch Sprinter
Why does black characters in Dutch TV commercial plays some exaggerated version of someone from the colonies? Can “normal” black people not sell a product?
The Africa-China romance is killing Europe
A Dutch documentary film explores increasing migration and trade links between African countries, their citizens and China.
How not to report on Kenya’s elections
Reporting ahead of Kenya’s election by the international media can basically be placed in two general categories: optimism and, of course, no surprise, pessimism.
Africa’s supposed red earth
The Stadsschouwburg of Amsterdam, an iconic theater in the city, organizes a festival on the continent that consists mostly of the work of white artists.
In search of ‘African redemption’
Traveling ‘off the beaten path’ in Africa seems to have become the next ‘big thing’ for recent graduates looking to set themselves apart from their peers.
Only Decent White People
A Dutch comedy about an interracial relationship may shape Dutch views of black people there in very negative ways from which they may not recover for a while.