::Kenya Christian::

The Samaritans is a Xeinium Productions original TV series. The Samaritans is a comedy about an NGO that does nothing. It is centered around the absurdities of one dysfunctional NGO. The setting for The Samaritans is the Aid for Aid Kenya field office. The main characters are the staff who have to deal with the odd demands and decisions of the head UK Aid for Aid office and hopelessly inept local bureaucrats, while trying to write as many useless reports as possible, all under the guise of ‘saving’ Africa. Read more here

A hilarious spoof on ethnological documentaries: an African TV team comes to the Austrian province to document the strange behavior of the natives... including the Feast of the Chicken.

Kenyan technologist, lawyer and blogger Ory Okolloh talks about how the internet can change stereotypes about Africa.

A documentary film on urban youth culture in Nairobi through the decades, and a new approach to youth consumer engagement – Branded Entertainment. Check out more here

I'm not a fan of CNN, just of Nneka Read article: The Nigerian hiphop star hailed as the next big thing Previously: ::KenyaChristian:: interview with Nneka

I love you East Africa! Here is to hoping this Common Market works this time round, lets not dwell on the mistakes and politics of the 70's. It's a shame East Africans seem so apathetic about this, as for me I am very, very excited about this. I love when my people unite for our common good, we can do this people! Stop with the fear-mongering, "our economy can't compete, we will be flooded with substandard goods, we will lose jobs." yadda, yadda, yadda..  Don't let your fears hold us back, black people we need to start believing we can do things and not waiting for The Man to help us. To all the people who have worked on the EAC thing, good job, there is still a long way to go, but we are taking small steps. This blog vehemently rejects anyone trying to hold back the unity of East Africans. I also believe in a United States of Africa, and I support Gaddafi's efforts to make this happen. You know Africans can be so behind the curve sometimes. Gaddafi...

" The African Game" -- Documentary Film Screener from REDD Kat Pictures on Vimeo .

A self-made video from Nneka for her song for the 2010 World Cup soundtrack

Narrated by Djimon Hounsou When Bono edited the Africa issue of Vanity Fair, it included an essay written by Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina . Through that, we became aware of another piece he'd written for Granta a number of years ago called "How (Not) to Write About Africa." Director Jesse Dylan and his company FreeForm worked with Binyavanga and the Beninois actor Djimon Hounsou to create this filmed performance of the essay. Read the entire essay here

Here is a clip from Prof. Ali Mazrui's classic 1986 film The Africans : A Triple Heritage I remember watching this years ago in NTV. Wouldn't mind watching it again...

Here are a couple of clips from the recently held Sauti Za Busara music festival in Stone Town, Zanzibar.*sigh...wish I was there. Friday evening during Busara: MORE FIRE from May van Gent on Vimeo . Tandiswa performing at Busara: SOUL POWER!! from May van Gent on Vimeo . Check out pictures here

T he aim is to identify, spur and support local innovation. At the same time, Maker Faire Africa would seek to imbue creative types in science and technology with an appreciation of fabrication and by default manufacturing. The long-term interest here is to cultivate an endogenous manufacturing base that supplies innovative products in response to market needs. Read more here . Visit the website  Date: August 6-7th 2010 Venue: Sarakasi Dome, Ngara, Nairobi Maker Faire Africa 2009: Ghana

From their upcoming collaborative album Distant Relatives Nas & Damian Marley - "Strong Will Continue"

Description: The African Film Library is an M-Net initiative showcasing the best of the African film industry – making the movies easily accessible for movie aficionados around the world. The African film industry is one of the oldest – with its roots in Ain el Ghezel (The Girl of Carthage), which was produced in Tunisia by Chemama Chikly in 1924. M-Net has spent the last three years negotiating the rights to almost 600 works in English, French, Arabic and Portuguese and digitally remastering them. The library forms an important archive of the continent’s cultural cinematic heritage, and also, for the first time, makes the African artists’ works easily accessible by a wide viewership around the globe – creating a new audience for existing and emerging filmmakers. The library consists of award-winning works from more than 80 producers including Senegalese Ousmane Sembene and Djibril Mambety, Yousef Chahine from Egypt and Haile Gerima from Ethiopia.

Blogger, activist and lawyer Ory Okolloh gives a speech at TED Global 2007 in Arusha, Tanzania. In it she relates her personal life experience to present day Africa. She is the founder of Mzalendo.com , co-founder of the groundbreaking Ushahidi and blogs at Kenyan Pundit (note:slides may not be working properly)