»Dogon« by Marie Rossi
Below one’s breath unfolds the thread of world history. So it does in Africa as well—amongst the people of Dogon, a peasantry living in Mali.
Category Archives: Africa
Music from Lusophonic Africa
With some delay we finally arrive at the Lusophonic countries of Africa. Alas, what a pity, we are the end of our journey! So mostly the music will be quiet […]
Humorous African wisdom and proverbs in Aya by Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oubrerie
Aya is a fictional character of a comic book series of the same title. She’s a teenager living in Ivory Coast. In this series of graphic novels we meet her […]
Music from Northern Africa
Before finishing our musical journey through Africa in the Lusophonic countries of Africa, those countries where they speak Portuguese, we’ll visit, of course, Northern Africa. Unsurprisingly their music sounds Arabic. […]
Music from Western Africa
After a chilled stay in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, watching African movies we are now arriving in Western Africa. After two days of dancing in Central and Eastern Africa this break […]
African cinema
For getting into touch with African cinema one has, of course, several options. For sure, wikipedia is always a good entry. There you’ll be informed about its history. That way […]
Music from Eastern Africa
We already visited Southern and Central Africa. Unfortunately we cannot stay for a long time in each region. We have to keep going. But we will come back! So, greetings to […]
Music from Central Africa
Yesterday we used to be in Southern Africa. Now we’re heading northwards, towards Central Africa. Kekele, „Ba Kristo“ . Grand Kalle, “Indépendance Cha Cha” . Francis Bebey, “La condition masculine” […]
African Art: Sculptures
Oh man!, googleing, binging, or wherever you’re looking after African art, it’s the same craptacular stiffness: you only find English or German sites where you can buy sculptures or paintings […]
Spending your exciting holidays in Kenya
Yesterday I wrote about hospitality. And I’m looking forward to give some more thoughts on this topic. Anyway, this week let me introduce you to Africa. So let’s just call […]
