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        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:19:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Booty-shaking from Azonto to Yahooze: The Top 10 African dance crazes]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[  Doing the Azonto   Some dance crazes are mere fads that barely last longer than it takes to pronounce their given name while others endure long enough to become cultural icons. However long they last they all have one thing in common: a unique style that delights and captures the imagination of enough people for it to acquire the status of a cultural meme. And though they emerge from all corners of the continent, the French speaking African countries have a slight&nbsp;edge in the sheer number and reach of their dance creations. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:19:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ghana catches the Azonto dance fever]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[  Ghanaian comedian, Fanny Face Benson doing the Azonto   Cameroonian soccer legend Roger Miller had the world doing the &lsquo;Roger Miller Dance&rsquo;, and Ghana Black Stars player Asamoah &lsquo;Baby Jet&rsquo; Gyan introduced the world to his celebration dance at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.       Well, Asamoah Gyan&rsquo;s dance didn&rsquo;t just die off as a football dance but morphed into a phenomenon that has come to be known as "Azonto" in Ghana and is spreading across the globe. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:57:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Drake's "Up All Night", the Nigerian Parody]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[      Toronto-based MC/host  Femi Lawson  puts a spin on Drake's  Up All Night  (original below) to parody some very recognisable Naijaman traits. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:51:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Going viral: 7 African Internet Sensations]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Social media having the hold that it does means instant celebrity has become a free-for-all, and a good thing, too. And, as Africa&rsquo;s internet population grows and becomes ever more engaged - with the help of our slowly but surely improving connection speeds and rising bandwidth - we&rsquo;ll soon see more 'characters', savvy brand vendors, unintentional internet pin-ups and the likes clocking up hits at a Youtube channel near you.&nbsp;For better and for worse. Here's a round-up of viral phenomena you&rsquo;ve more than likely come across in the last couple years. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stocktown Africa: Presenting 21st century Africa's young creative forces]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:21:12 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What's up Africa!, the fresh new video blog]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:33:06 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Google Trader Flash Mobs Ghana in style]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:51:37 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Competition: Design a future Africa]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/other/detail/1095/Competition-Design-a-future-Africa]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[  
The Afrika Museum in Berg en Dal and African Architecture Matters are calling upon architects, artists and visionaries to present the built Africa of the future. 25 entries will be selected to be displayed in the Blueprints of Paradise exhibition in the Afrika Museum in 2011.  (Click on &quot;Read More&quot;)  
 
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:49:33 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Imani Uzuri and the coolest celebration of black dance]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[  Sun Moon Child - Imani Uzuri         Is this or is this not the coolest celebration of, and tribute to, black dance ever? And to great music, too.     &ldquo;The song came through me,&rdquo; explains Imani Uzuri of her single &ldquo;Sun Moon Child.&rdquo; &ldquo;I was doing a walking meditation in Northern California&hellip; the breeze was blowing, the sun was setting and I could see hills in the distance. A voice spoke to me and said &lsquo;I believe in your destiny.&rsquo;&rdquo;  (More after the break)      Share  
 
 
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            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:21:29 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Architecture and African identity: What happens after the games?]]></title>
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The World Cup is over but the stadiums and all the other infrastructure remains. What do the stadia mean for South Africa? In these brief essays (  DOWNLOAD    ArchiAfrika, July), Tanzeem Razak from Lemon Pebble Design and Guy Trangos, architect and design tutor, reflect upon the effects of the tournament and the impact Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg has had in terms of its potential to stitch together a fragmented city and in realigning a contemporary identity for the country.  Click on &quot;Read More&quot; 
 
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:30:37 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pilgrimages: Africa by African writers]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[  
 
  We do not know our own continent yet we continue to benefit from it    
 
 
The post event analysis of the now behind us 2010  FIFA  World Cup begins. For the most part there is a lot of patting on the back within South African media. Like in this  Mail &amp; Guardian report   in which FIFA president Sepp Blatter gives the South Africa-hosted event a generous 9 out of 10. 
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As far as global exposure, that was R45 billion Rand well spent, say some economists, who reckon the country would have had to fork out a lot more to generate the same level of publicity sans World Cup. 
 
The real benefits will only become apparent in the long term, and will probably emerge quietly. I love the creativity that this tournament has ignited. And there are numerous projects I can point to as examples, &ldquo;Pilgrimages&rdquo; being one of my favourites.  Click on &ldquo;Read More&rdquo;  
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            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:33:41 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa's number one soccer fan]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ South Africa, Johannesburg (Phathisani Moyo)  
 
Thulani Ngcobo has been voted SA's number one soccer fan. As the winner of MTN&rsquo;s Last Fan Standing competition, he will attempt to break the Guinness world record for the most matches watched in one Soccer World Cup.  Check out the video . 
 
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            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:32:28 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why don't Africans ski?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[   Winter Olympics, by definition, feature winter sports held on snow or ice, so the lack of African competitors is hardly a surprise.  
 
Nonetheless, there  are  many Africans born and raised in Europe and North America, so you could ask, hey, how come we don&rsquo;t see more people like Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, aka &quot;the Snow Leopard&quot;, at competition level, or skiing at all for that matter?  (Click on &quot;Read More&quot;) 
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:25:43 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Open-source design for a house? Join the competition]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/other/detail/758/Opensource-design-for-a-house-Join-the-competition]]></link>
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Designers, architects, anyone with an idea.  Sign up   for the competition. You never know; that crazy idea might just be the ticket. 
  
Video by  Open Source House    
  
See also   
 The paper house &ndash; a possible solution to slum housing  
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            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:11:26 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kenya's No. 1 football fan]]></title>
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Passion at its most extreme. Isaac doesn't need a  vuvuzela , that's for sure. 
 
More about Isaac Juma Onyango in  this   BBC piece. 
 
 Vid posted by  CNN   
 
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            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:27:17 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How to liven up a boring job – Ghana]]></title>
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What could you do to prevent a boring and repetitive job from driving you nuts? Here&rsquo;s one solution from some guys in  Ghana : 
 
 From the poster:   
The four men making the sounds you hear are workers cancelling letters at the University of Ghana post office. Each letter is cancelled by hand, a boring task that these men make more palatable by setting the work to music.  (Click on &ldquo;Read More&rdquo;) 
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            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:37:23 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hip-hop and football – the global languages]]></title>
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   Hip-hip really  is  the music equivalent of football in the most important way (even if basketball is the sport with which it shares a spirit). 
 
 
You don&rsquo;t need much to get in the game, space and a makeshift ball for one (check the next vid), your voice for the other. No wonder they stormed the world, and are particularly popular in the less materially wealthy parts.  (Click on &ldquo;Read More&rdquo;)  
 
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:11:59 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[African Dance meets contemporary urban culture (Watch Beyonce)]]></title>
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 Sasha Brookner  |  MySpace Video 
 
 
Just as some African hip-hop artists incorporate elements of traditional music into their compositions, so, here and there, you find elements of traditional African Dance - flexible torso and spine, articulated pelvis, isolation of the limbs and polyrhythmic movement  (Wikipedia)  - being pulled into the service of urban culture. 
 
If you watch Beyonce's videos  (click on &quot;Read More ), you know it yields impressive results when done well.
 
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            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:14:47 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Could a baseball team from Africa one day win the World Series?]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thisisafrica.me/other/detail/719/Could-a-baseball-team-from-Africa-one-day-win-the-World-Series]]></link>
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Did you  know  there were baseball teams  anywhere  in Africa? We do what we can to highlight the unexpected. 
 
Young African teams compete for a place in the 2010  Little League World Series , and before you know it you have a generation of players like Benard Adai. The idea of an African team winning something like the  World Baseball Classic   isn&rsquo;t so far-fetched.  
 
 That  would be quite a story, wouldn't it, Hollywood-ready? It won&rsquo;t be a breeze, though, as the South African team well know. (Click on &ldquo;Read More&rdquo;)
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            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:19:22 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[There's football, and then there's "The African game"]]></title>
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&ldquo;Dancing with the ball&rdquo;. It&rsquo;s not  always  effective, but by gawd it&rsquo;s got heart and it&rsquo;s got groove. There&rsquo;s football and then there&rsquo;s the African game, just as there&rsquo;s music and then there&rsquo;s jazz.
 
 
Besides what's alluded to in the clip, what would  you  say are the defining features of African-style football, with regard to playing  and  fan support?
 
 
 
This is a clip from a full-length documentary, filmed in Ghana, by Natalie Haarhoff. 
  
Vid posted by  Natalie Haarhoff   
 
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            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:11:43 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[3 minutes, 2 players, 1 ball: Street style football]]></title>
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You gotta hand it to Red Bull, this is a brilliant way to promote your brand, and with the next World Cup just around the corner, great timing (though it  did  run last year, too). Still, can&rsquo;t hold it against them when it yields such entertaining footage - there are a whole bunch more at the Red bull  YouTube page . 
 
Not  that  many  African countries   taking part, which is surprising, but if you think you&rsquo;ve got the skills to take you to the final showdown in South Africa in March 2010,  go for it . 
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            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:57:47 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Weird food: What's the weirdest thing you've ever eaten?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Roasted grasshopper and squirrel - Uganda 
 
 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	  
 
 
 
What are the weirdest thing you've ever eaten? We really wanna know, so add your comments to the end of this piece. 
One thing we know, one person's delicacy is another ones emetic.
 
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            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:53:49 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ever seen someone do a barebacked backspin on sand?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[   We love b-boying as much as the next person, and the more spectacular the better, but doing a barebacked windmill or backspin on sand?! That goes well beyond the call of duty, so well done, that man! His fellow Guinean b-boys aren't bad, either. 
 Vid posted by  fonike   
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:15:55 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Some hot b-boying from Uganda]]></title>
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See what I'm  talking about ? Krumping has plenty of attitude, but it needs more moves to get to this level of dazzle, wouldn't you say?
 Vid posted by  jon smith    
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:48:17 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Krumping in South Africa. Can't touch b-boying]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[{youtube}s6_3Ymkom50{/youtube} Krumping  has been around since the 90s, but, besides the odd sighting in Lagos or Nairobi, it hasn't really caught on anywhere in Africa besides South Africa, the source of all but the last four clips. 
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
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