Posts Tagged ‘africa’

Blitz the Ambassador, Musician + Filmmaker :: 120 Seconds

Blitz the Ambassador, Musician + Filmmaker :: 120 Seconds

Blitz the Ambassador shares his love for filmmaking and the importance of having native voices behind the lens telling their stories.


Docs We Love :: Bikelordz

Docs We Love :: Bikelordz

Docs We Love :: Bikelordz >> Magic in a bottle! In this case, the magic is freestyle bmx and the bottle is Ghana.


Femi Kuti, Musician :: 120 Seconds

Femi Kuti, Musician :: 120 Seconds

Grammy-nominated, Nigerian musician Femi Kuti explains the importance of African unity and awareness given the continent’s colonial history and current political systems as the impetus for his new album, Africa for Africa.


Videos We Love :: Nas + Damian Marley | Distant Relatives “Patience”

Videos We Love :: Nas + Damian Marley | Distant Relatives "Patience"

Nas + Damian Marley | Distant Relatives “Patience” – HOLY FUCKING NABIL ELDERKIN!!! Do me a favor, watch this video and tell me these cats ain’t changing the game. So many layers…So little time. Talk about a game changer. I’ve said it before, and i’ll say it again…Nabil ain’t playing!


Stanley Lumax, Photographer :: 120 Seconds

Stanley Lumax, Photographer :: 120 Seconds

By seeing his Ghanaian family become successful in this country, Stanley Lumax learned that hard work and passion open your life to infinite possibilities.


Books We Love :: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Jon Stewart sits down with William Kamkwamba who at the age of 14, rather than accept his fate, started borrowing books from a small community lending library located at his former primary school. He borrowed an 8th grade American textbook called Using Energy, which depicted wind turbines on its cover. He decided to build a windmill to power his family’s home and obviate the need for kerosene, which provided only smoky, flickering, distant and expensive light after dark.


music we love :: dj obah / funk aid for africa

music we love :: dj obah / funk aid for africa

“Funk Aid for Africa” is a charitable mix compiled by our good friend DJ ObaH who has been gracing our local clubs for years.  All proceeds from the sale of this compilation are going towards the construction of a “green” playground for the children of Youth with a Vision (YWAV), a South African organization that [...]