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        <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 18:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The motorbike taxi - love to hate them, hate to need them]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ The cars waiting at the traffic lights are like rectangular islands in a sea of motorcycle taxis. The lights change to green and a symphony of mid-high-pitched buzzing fills the air as the urban cowboys on their metal horses dart forward to claim the road ahead, whizzing between cars and fighting for the right of way. It&rsquo;s a chaotic &lsquo;dance&rsquo;, a dangerous one, too, but the  boda-boda , aka  okada , aka piki-piki is such a familiar part of street culture that it&rsquo;s hard to imagine Kampala&rsquo;s streets without them. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 18:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rise and Fall of Apartheid: Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[  Bob Gosani     Rise and Fall of Apartheid   is a photo-art exhibition currently running at the Haus der Kunst public museum in Munich, German. Some of our New-York-based readers might already have caught the show when it was on at the  International Center of Photography  late last year/early this year. If you&rsquo;re in or near Munich anytime in the next 10 days, try to see it. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:09:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[2Face ft. Dammy Krane & Rock Steady - Omo No Dulling]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ The Euro-club-meets-Naija sound worked very well on the single   Chemical Reaction  , which came out in 2011, so fans weren't entirely surprised to hear a few more tracks in a similar vein when the album   Away and Beyond   hit the shops just over a year ago:   Dance Floor  ,   Ihe Ne Me  , both of which went down as well as that early single. Thus singer/producer  2Face Idibia  would have been nuts  not  to have put out a video for  Omo No Dulling . He and his label mates even managed to sneak a bit of Azonto into this one. Nice. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:22:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA["Terra Pesada": Heavy Metal in Mozambique]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[   Memories of the antipathy towards Heavy Metal  To profess an interest in Heavy Metal was once to invite looks of bemusement or pity. At least in Nigeria, in the 80s. Liking Metal meant you were either trying to imitate white people, or that you were simply "lost", as in wandered so far from your roots as an African that you'd lost touch with who you were. And that was just for listening. Not sure what would have happened if you'd actually tried to form a Metal band, but I doubt you'd have found many takers. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Afrik Lounge Radio, ft. Iman and Siham Hashi (Faarrow) and Dentaa Amoateng]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[  Faarrow (Iman and Siham Hashi), Left; Dentaa Amoateng, Right   On the air with  Afrik Lounge Radio  this week were Iman and Siham Hashi, the two sisters from the energetic pop group&nbsp; FAARROW . Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, they fled home to escape the civil war raging at the time, relocated to Toronto, Canada, and then to Atlanta, Georgia, where they began recording, and within six months had caught the attention of one of Universal Motown.&nbsp;These things really happen. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[iMike - Adaure]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ No one watches televised music talent shows looking for sonic innovators or originality (not with all those cover versions), and though such shows can be pretty cheesy (look at Eurovision, for instance), they're not bad for unearthing pretty decent genre artists. One such artist is  Mike Anyasodo , aka iMike, who parlayed his triumph at the second season of  MTN Project Fame  (2010) into a credible career as a professional singer, songwriter and producer. A worthy winner, as even his  debut single  that year saw him beating out seasoned professional for awards.&nbsp;&nbsp;   Not sure about the rebranding to "iMike", but we love the percussion-driven rhythm in  Adaure , plus that touch of highlife guitar. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Whose Spring? Amazigh Spring! Who gets to define the Algerian state?]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/opinion/detail/19886/whose-spring-amazigh-spring-who-gets-to-define-the-algerian-state]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[ On April 20th, thousands of people marched in the streets of  Tizi Ouzou  in Algeria demanding autonomy, cultural recognition, and according to the banner in the picture below, justice for the Kabyle martyrs. The date and slogans are not coincidental: such demonstrations have occurred annually for decades now, ever since the cancellation of a poetry lecture in 1980. Yet how did such a seemingly mundane event lead to massive protests and the killing of over 100 activists? ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SQueeze - Dutty Love]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Quite a long gap between the release of the  track  (2011) and its video, a little surprising as  Dutty Love  is one of  SQueeze 's most popular tracks, along with our favourite  Yanga For Me . That said, whatever he puts before his fans is always worth checking out. Perhaps the time he puts in explains why he's one of the few Nigerian Dancehall artists we know of who've managed to maintain a steady career since coming to the public's attention. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Emma Nyra – Ori Mi Wu]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ While Nigeria's literary scene boasts an even gender balance, the music scene is dominated by guys: Wizkid, Davido, D'banj, etc. Be that as it may, in terms of quality, the female artists can give the guys a run for their money any day. Just listen to anything by Tiwa Savage or Omawunmi, for instance.   You'll have heard the Texas born Nigerian singer and rapper  Emma Nyra 's vocals on Iyanya's   Ur Waist  , but   Ori Mi Wu   is all her's. It's the first single from her yet to drop debut album  Emma Nyra Hot Like Fiya Vol. 1 , and definitely no fluke. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 18:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[From Mr. Kofi Annan to Africa: We, Africans, must do much more… this is OUR continent.]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/opinion/detail/19883/from-mr-kofi-annan-to-africa-we-africans-must-do-much-more-this-is-our-continent]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Mr. Kofi Annan Chairman of the  Africa Progress Panel  (APP) and fellow panel members will launch the  Africa Progress Report  (APR) on 10 May 2013 at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town, South Africa. The title of the APR 2013 is  &ldquo;Equity in Extractives: Stewarding Africa&rsquo;s natural resources for all&rdquo; . Ahead of the launch, Mr. Annan prepared a video to accompany the report. Here is his message to Africa, titled "Imagine an African continent..." ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 15:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bongos Ikwue: Nigeria’s greatest lyricist is back!]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/music/detail/19882/bongos-ikwue-nigeria-s-greatest-lyricist-is-back]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[  Bongos Ikwue   Extensive lip service is paid to the notion of the nineteen seventies as a kind of golden age for Nigerian popular music, but in reality they exist as something of a lost age. Yes, it is widely (though vaguely) understood that the decade played host to a firmament of radiant and prolific song stars, but the actual names of most of these stars and the melodies they purveyed have been lost to the tides of cultural amnesia. And so the tragedy is that references to  One World ,  The Elcados , Dangerous Samaila &amp; the Space Kids,  Founders 15  and  Yom-Yem Kombination  are greeted with blank stares from the average Nigerian, the once-wildly popular work of these former music luminaries having long since gone out of print and thus, out of mind. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 11:52:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Afrik Lounge Radio, ft. KaySwitch D'Produkt]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/afriklounge/detail/19881/afrik-lounge-radio-ft-kayswitch-d-produkt]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[  KaySwitch D'Produkt   On the line with the Afrik Lounge Radio crew this week was  DB Records/Sony Music Africa  artist  KaySwitch D'Produkt , chatting about the upcoming   D' Kings Men   compilation album, as well as KaySwitch's mixtape  Scam101 , which drops next month. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 17:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Africans and African Americans: the ignorance, prejudices and stereotypes that keep us divided]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/opinion/detail/19880/africans-and-african-americans-the-ignorance-prejudices-and-stereotypes-that-keep-us-divided]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[  Painting by Kajahl Benes (Image cropped)   Of all the oddities within the field of race relations today, one of the oddest has to be the tension and degree of ignorance you find between different groups of diasporan Africans. In the UK, for instance, there used to be a great deal of tension between Africans and West Indians, not all of which has been released for good. In America, you find the same between Africans and black Americans, or, if you prefer, African Americans. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 14:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ugandan Asians: then and now, what has changed?]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/opinion/detail/19878/ugandan-asians-then-and-now-what-has-changed]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[  Ugandan Asians expelled, 1972   Last year marked the  40th anniversary of the expulsion of Ugandan Asians  from Uganda by Idi Amin. Since then, people outside Uganda have often asked me about the current status of the relationship between Ugandans and Ugandan Asians, and whenever they do I often heave a &lsquo;here we go again&rsquo; sigh, mostly because it&rsquo;s draining, it&rsquo;s impossible to discuss the subject without mentioning Amin, and most Ugandans, myself included, dislike the association of Amin and Uganda, no less than  most Germans do of Hitler&rsquo;s legacy  - we are over it, and have been for some time &ndash; but also because relationships between indigenous people and minorities are complex, dynamic and often tense, and get further complicated by revisiting baggage from a complicated past. [Note: before anyone gets the wrong idea, referring to black Ugandans simply as 'Ugandans' isn't meant to imply that Ugandan Asians aren't.] ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oya: Rise of the Orisha – Yoruba deities as movie superheroes]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/visual-arts/detail/19879/oya-rise-of-the-orisha-yoruba-deities-as-movie-superheroes]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[  Three Orisha    Oya: Rise of the Orisha  is an upcoming feature film that blends the Western superhero genre with Yoruba mythology. Rise of the Orisha garnered some attention on the internet following their Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign (which saw them raise  &pound;4,056 of the stated &pound;5,000  goal). ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hair Your Way: The Politics of Negro Gals’ Hair]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/visual-arts/detail/19877/hair-your-way-the-politics-of-negro-gals-hair]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[  Sisterlocks   &ldquo;Spiritual&rdquo; is what he said my hair makes me look. Then, he said &ldquo;Chika,&rdquo; Nigerians would &ldquo;be a little afraid of you.&rdquo; ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Taiye Selasi: the burden of the immigrant's shame]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/visual-arts/detail/19876/taiye-selasi-the-burden-of-the-immigrant-s-shame]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[  Taiye Selasi in Lomé, Togo. (Photograph - Taneisha Kamali Berg 2012)      Taiye Selasi &rsquo;s debut novel "Ghana Must Go" was published recently to universal acclaim. The author, dancer, photographer and documentary-filmmaker of Ghanaian-Nigerian heritage talks to This Is Africa about why, as a writer, she is not afraid to be open about her family background.   ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rebuilding Libya: now is the time to define Libya as a truly pluralistic African nation]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/opinion/detail/19875/rebuilding-libya-now-is-the-time-to-define-libya-as-a-truly-pluralistic-african-nation]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[  Amazigh and Libya flags (Photo credit: AFP/Getty Images)   The period after a political revolution in a country is arguably one of the most critical in the process of state-building, as the power vacuum often created by the overhaul of a political system leaves room for new direction or misdirection. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Afrik Lounge Radio, ft. Kimani (African Global DJ Awards) and Kenyan trio DreamVille]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/afriklounge/detail/19874/afrik-lounge-radio-ft-kimani-african-global-dj-awards-and-kenyan-trio-dreamville]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[ On todays show, the Afrik Lounge Radio crew chatted with the marketing rep for the 2013  African Global DJ Awards  Kimani (Olutokun Tosin) about this years award ceremony, to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa on May 4th 2013. The awards were created   'to recognize and celebrate the talent and skills of the greatest DJ&rsquo;s in Africa,'   and to honour them for bringing great music to our attention. About time, too, but, the big questions: why  so many Nigerian DJs  nominated? How did they decide on the 16 categories? And why South Africa for the location? A much funnier interview than you'd expect. The crew knows how to keep it real. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Playing @ Work: Hugh Masekela, the legend, live in New York]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/music/detail/19873/playing-work-hugh-masekela-the-legend-live-in-new-york]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[  Hugh Masekela on Saturday night at the Michael Schimmel Center in NYC   It won&rsquo;t surprise you to learn that  Hugh Masekela  and his band are currently playing to sold-out crowds in the States. A musician of his stature, the surprise would be if they  weren&rsquo;t  playing to sold-out crowds. Hugh and his band are  touring  North America to support his latest album,    Playing @ Work    (his 43rd album!), and made a stop on Saturday night (April 20th) at the Michael Schimmel Center in NYC. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kofi Annan’s Africa Progress Panel to launch the 2013 Africa Progress Report]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/opinion/detail/19872/kofi-annan-s-africa-progress-panel-to-launch-the-2013-africa-progress-report]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[ The  Africa Progress Panel  (APP) and its Chairman,  Kofi Annan , the decorated former UN Secretary General, will launch their flagship publication, the Africa Progress Report on 10 May 2013. 
 The ten-member Panel is made up of eminent global policy thinkers and shapers, and, besides Mr. Annan, includes  Michel Camdessus ,  Peter Eigen ,  Bob Geldof ,  Gra&ccedil;a Machel ,  Strive Masiyiwa ,  Linah Mohohlo ,  Olusegun Obasanjo ,  Robert E Rubin  and  Tidjane Thiam . These are global voices and not mere echoes. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hip-swinging, soukous-fuelled Congolese hip-hop: Didjak Munya – "Oxygène"]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[  Didjak Munya    Didjak Munya  has been on Kinshasa&rsquo;s hip hop circuit for well over a deacade now, but   Oxyg&egrave;ne   is his first international release. The album, which has been brewing for several years, displays Didjak&rsquo;s versatility and talent for incorporating a wide range of musical references, without ever losing site of his Congolese roots. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lanre Edun - Wodiju]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ White people have finally come to their senses on this issue, but it's incredible that for so long, white women were made to feel bad for having butts, with magazines offering tips for "tightening those buns". Back in Lagos, my friends and I were well and truly baffled. Why would anyone want hard, tight buns? That said, the, &hellip; ahem, "appreciation" of fuller butts in Lagos was sometimes a bit extreme. As afrobeat artist Lanre Edun says,  "Lagos men take serious pleasure in glancing at ladies asses, as if their survival depended on it."  Anyway, the track is from the  album of the same name . ("Idi" means butt in Yoruba, and "wodiju" means to stare too much at butts). ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Homosexuality and African history: the roots of the criminalisation of homosexuality]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/opinion/detail/19869/homosexuality-and-african-history-the-roots-of-the-criminalisation-of-homosexuality]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[  Apinda Mpako and Ayanda Magudulela, Parktown, Johannesburg; Being series, 2007 (Photo by  Zanele Muholi ) &copy;  Michael Stevenson . Last month, Zanele Muholi was  honoured with an international Freedom of Expression prize  at the Index on Censorship awards for creating a visual archive of black lesbian life in South Africa.  ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Adjusting to the new normal: our discomfort with safe-sex campaigns]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/opinion/detail/19868/adjusting-to-the-new-normal-our-discomfort-with-safe-sex-campaigns]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[ I have a love/hate relationship with the way safe-sex messages are communicated in Uganda. Safe-sex campaigns anywhere in the world must take into account the values and beliefs of their local audience, but some of the messages in the campaigns I see here suggest those behind the campaign haven&rsquo;t done their research, or seem to be in conflict with other messages. It&rsquo;s no wonder they&rsquo;ve met with mixed reactions. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
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