Does anyone know the literal translation to the following lyrics?
O safa, saphel’ isizw’ esimnyama
O safa isizwe sabantsundu
Anitshelen’ inkokheli zethu zisilamulele kuloludaba
I believe it’s Zulu, but I can’t be sure and I found a rough translation online, but I was hoping to get a second opinion. They’re lyrics to a song in Sarafina!, a phenomenal musical & movie about a young girl in apartheid-era Soweto, South Africa.
Can anyone help me please?
looking forward to this weekend! finally checking out nora chipaumire’s film on friday. then hitting up the performances and the bazaar on sunday afternoon. expecting to pick up something dope for my mama’s birthday next week. anyone else heading out this weekend?
DanceAfrica 2010
DanceAfrica, BAM’s longest running program—and one of America’s largest and most vibrant celebrations of African and African American dance, music, and culture—celebrated its 30th year in 2007.
This celebration, centered around the dance performances in the Opera House, also includes DanceAfrica master classes; the popular outdoor DanceAfrica Bazaar with more than 250 vendors offering crafts, food, fashion, as well as outdoor performers; an art display at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA, 80 Hanson Place); a film series at BAM Rose Cinemas; and a dance party at BAMcafé with live music.
DanceAfrica 2010: Performance
May 28 at 7:30pm
May 29 at 2 & 7:30pm
May 30 & 31 at 3pm
African Rhythms / American Echoes
Artistic Director Chuck Davis
Pamodzi Dance Troupe (Zambia)
Dallas Black Dance Theatre (Dallas)
Illstyle & Peace Productions (Philadelphia)
BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble (Brooklyn)
DanceAfrica 2010: Film
Kaay Fi (Come Here) + Nora
From a Whisper
Sex, Okra, and Salted Butter
Azur and Asmar
Wrestling Grounds (L’Appel des arènes)
Movement (R)evolution Africa + Area Boys
In My Genes
African Shorts Program
DanceAfrica Bazaar
Sat, May 29, 12noon—10pm
Sun, May 30, 12noon—8pm
Mon, May 31, 12noon—8pm
Lafayette Ave and Ashland Pl
Rain or shine! FREE!
Zwelethu Mthethwa is the self-titled monograph by one of today’s leading artists. This long-awaited first monograph provides a comprehensive overview of his work to date and features the stunning portraits that have brought him international acclaim.
Since apartheid’s fall in 1994, South African photography has exploded from the grip of censorship onto the world stage. A key figure in this movement is Zwelethu Mthethwa, whose work addresses the economic and political realities of present-day South Africa.
Working in urban and rural industrial landscapes, Mthethwa documents mutiple aspects of South Africa—from domestic life and the environment, to landscape and labor issues. His work challenges the conventions of both Western documentary work and African commercial studio photography, marking a transition away from the visually exotic and diseased—or “afro-pessimism,” as curator Okwui Enwezor has referred to it—and employing a fresh approach marked by color and collaboration.
~via Aperture
View Spike Jonze’s robotic romance film I’m Here online, in its entirety.
just wright trailer
oh he’s so handsome… le sigh…
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
2010, trailer
(via iheartmyart)
Pumzi trailer
