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Evicted, Harare, Ivan Kadey, Kalahari Surfers, Maputo, Mozambique, My Africa Is, National Wake, Nelson Mandela, Nosa Garrick, Punk in Africa, Smithsonian Museum of African Art, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Lead singer of former interracial South African Punk band performing with guitar at far right (Nelson Mandela on wall)
Earlier today, I dropped by the Smithsonian Museum of African Art to check out a documentary on Punk music in southern Africa. In early 2012, I saw one of my favorite African films courtesy of the museum, so I was optimistic about this film, despite lacking interest in the genre of music it explored. The Museum, like so much of the world right now, is paying tribute to Mandela, and I was greeted by his image as I entered the building. Meanwhile, the film, Punk in Africa, looks at the development of that genre in South Africa, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe from the 1970s to the present. The producer of the film, Jeffrey Brown was on hand to engage in Q&A and one of the protagonists gave a brief live performance. Continue reading
Africa in DC 