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West Africa

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    The Best Of Coachella: Sunday, April 15

    See also: *The Best Of Coachella: Saturday, April 14 *Top Ten Awkward Coachella Dance Move GIFs Wow, that was fast! In a whirlwind of top-notch performances from legends and buzz bands alike, pool parties, and rain, Coachella's first weekend is over. Here are our scribes' favorite moments from Sund ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    Shanghai Confusion Meat: Adventures in Canned Ham at Shanghai Dumpling House in Monrovia

    One of the great things about the abundance of Chinese restaurants in the San Gabriel Valley comes in discovering unique menu items. These can range from hard-to-find distinctive regional dishes to the mundane that simply got lost in translation. When it came to our attention that a restaurant w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    World Cup of Baking Winners Announced in Paris

    No culinary fragrance can compete with that of freshly baked bread. You can be comforted, exalted, seduced, relieved, or stimulated by nutty yeast tones gently wafting toward you. Or maybe you're just hungry. The Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie, or World Baking Cup, is an event that will make every ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Trader Joe's Cookie Butter, aka Speculoos, is Back!

    ProfessorSalt.comTrader Joe's Cookie Butter, before they ran out last year​If you've never experienced the creamy, crackalicious wonder that is Trader Joe's Cookie Butter, it might be because the shipment they imported late last year caught on like wildfire. They've been sold out since before ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2012

    Sundance Film Festival 2012: The Ambassador, and Experimental Methodology

    Mads Brugger is sort of the VICE magazine version of Sasha Baron Cohen, as financed by Lars Von Trier. His last film was The Red Chapel, an exercise in hidden camera comedy with unusual socio-political stakes, which I put on my top 10 list for 2010. In Chapel, Danish journalist Brugger posed as th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: #15-11

    See also: *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre: #20-16 *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre: #10-6 *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre: #5-1 15. Madonna When asked by Dick Clark on American Bandstand in 1983 what her dreams were, a young Madonna replied, "To rule the world." ... More >>

  • Stage

    December 29, 2011

    Fela! at the Ahmanson Reviewed

    The life of a Nigerian Afrobeat legend

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Fela Kuti's Lover and Mentor Sandra Smith Talks About Afrobeat's L.A. Origins, as Fela! Musical Arrives at the Ahmanson

    Sandra Smith and Fela Kuti, when they were together in 1969-70​At the time of his death in 1997, Fela Anikulapo Kuti was known by many names: Afrobeat pioneer, a political instigator, husband to 27 wives, just to name a few. The Nigerian musician had spread his fiery brand of African party mus ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    November 3, 2011

    Elevate Review

    Sandra Smith and Fela Kuti, when they were together in 1969-70​At the time of his death in 1997, Fela Anikulapo Kuti was known by many names: Afrobeat pioneer, a political instigator, husband to 27 wives, just to name a few. The Nigerian musician had spread his fiery brand of African party mus ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    October 20, 2011

    Le Havre Review

    A town rallies to help an immigrant in Aki Kaurismaki's latest

  • Film+TV

    September 29, 2011

    Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

    Repertory paradise

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    African Rebel Soldiers and Their Eerie Obsession With Tupac Shakur

    Haitian 2pac, a leader of an armed Port-au-Prince gang called Chimères, recruited by Haiti's former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide​Editor's Note: Tomorrow, September 13, 2011, marks the 15th anniversary of Tupac Shakur's death. To commemorate, West Coast Sound will feature Tupac stories all ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Toast: Food Fashion With Chloe Sevigny, Sort Of

    For today's fashion-food mash up, we present Drew Droege as a perfectly deadpan version of actress Chloë Sevigny in a series of videos aptly entitled, Chloe. This Chloe predictably name drops art luminaries, party sponsors and all manner of fashion brands and high end designers. Not very differen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Is Al Qaeda Planning Terrorist Attack on AeroVironment Inc? Here's the L.A. County Firm's 5 Coolest Spy Drones

    strangecosmos.coWind turbines at the AeroVironment facility in Monrovia. Also pretty cool.​Reports abound this morning of a possible Al Qaeda attack plan against 11 officials at L.A. County's own AeroVironment Inc., a top drone manufacturer in the U.S. War on Terror. Employees of the Monrovia ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 9, 2011

    Who Loves Ya, Monday?

    strangecosmos.coWind turbines at the AeroVironment facility in Monrovia. Also pretty cool.​Reports abound this morning of a possible Al Qaeda attack plan against 11 officials at L.A. County's own AeroVironment Inc., a top drone manufacturer in the U.S. War on Terror. Employees of the Monrovia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Tim Hetherington, Director of Oscar-Nominated War Doc 'Restrepo,' Killed in Libya

    Tim Hetherington on the set of "Restrepo"​Update: Chris Hondros took these stunning photographs just hours before he died. More after the jump. Tim Hetherington, a wartime photographer and documentary filmmaker -- along with his associate, Chris Hondros, also a war photojournalist -- were kil ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 14, 2011

    An African Election

    Tim Hetherington on the set of "Restrepo"​Update: Chris Hondros took these stunning photographs just hours before he died. More after the jump. Tim Hetherington, a wartime photographer and documentary filmmaker -- along with his associate, Chris Hondros, also a war photojournalist -- were kil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    Rapper from Rebecca Black's "Friday" Video Speaks: Don't Blame Rebecca, Blame Me!

    "No, you the man!"​ Patrice "Pato" Wilson, the Nigerian-American rapper who rather incongruously pops up in the middle of Rebecca Black's epically LULZy "Friday" video, just gave a super-serious interview to our friends at the LA Times. The local paper of record (no, really--they're supposed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Henry Rollins! The Column: Listening to Ramones in Tehran

    Timothy Norris​[The one and only Henry Rollins contributes a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every Wednesday and make sure to tune in to Henry's KCRW radio show every Saturday ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 24, 2011

    Sonic Nigeria

    Timothy Norris​[The one and only Henry Rollins contributes a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every Wednesday and make sure to tune in to Henry's KCRW radio show every Saturday ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    January 27, 2011

    Sundance Film Festival: Duh, Hot Girls Make Difficult Films More Marketable

    An alternate universe with an uncertain future

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    Kid Censorship Crackdown Spreads To L.A. County: Monrovia School Superintendent Bans Students From Performing 'Rent'

    Don't let "Rent" happen to your kids: Here, Disney star Vanessa Hudgens falls prey to its deviant powers​There seems to be a recent spike in adults trying to keep Gen Y from all things sexy. First we saw Huckleberry Finn butchered a few days ago by NewSouth Books, who thinks replacing "nigger" ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    December 30, 2010

    BIUTIFUL

    Don't let "Rent" happen to your kids: Here, Disney star Vanessa Hudgens falls prey to its deviant powers​There seems to be a recent spike in adults trying to keep Gen Y from all things sexy. First we saw Huckleberry Finn butchered a few days ago by NewSouth Books, who thinks replacing "nigger" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    Stage Raw: Rock With You

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS NEW THEATER REVIEW (see below)STAGE FEATURE on Cormac McCarthy's The Sunset LimitedNEW REVIEW GO  ROCK WITH YOU: THE KING OF POP, LATIN STYLE For those of us brought up to giggle at Michael Jackson's foibles, from his holding his son over a balcony by his arms t ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 23, 2010

    "They Are the Dogs of War!"

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS NEW THEATER REVIEW (see below)STAGE FEATURE on Cormac McCarthy's The Sunset LimitedNEW REVIEW GO  ROCK WITH YOU: THE KING OF POP, LATIN STYLE For those of us brought up to giggle at Michael Jackson's foibles, from his holding his son over a balcony by his arms t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    Henry Rollins Column: The Sudanese Referendum And Not Really Going Rogue

    Maura Lanahan​ [The one and only Henry Rollins contributes a column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every Friday and make sure to tune in to Henry's KCRW radio show every Saturday evening, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    In Search Of: KCRW's Jeremy Sole on Rare African Psych And More

    courtesy kcrw.com​ Jeremy Sole spends Wednesday night from midnight to 3 AM spinning records for KCRW; Thursdays, he's at Zanzibar, co-hosting Afro-Funké with Glenn Red and Rocky Dawuni. He joins us now and discusses digging through records in Ghana and the popularity of African psych. Wha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    50 Ways New York City Pretends It's Not Shitty

    Hate to break it to you​The New York patriots at the Village Voice news blog -- our counterpart on America's crappier coast -- have been tooting their own horn so loud lately that we heard it all the way over here in Los Angeles. So, re: 50 Reasons to Be Pretty Damn Euphoric You Live in New Y ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    September 30, 2010

    Tinga: New-Wave Tacos

    The latest in a refreshing trend

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Live Review: Nneka at the Troubadour

    Marguerite de BourgoingNneka at the Troubadour​You imagine Nneka was a quiet, serious child. If she deemed you worthy of a smile, it was a prize awarded. It still is. Not until three songs into her set last night at the Troubadour did she grin; when her dimples finally deepened, the crowd se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Tonight: Fol Chen, Nneka, Alice Russell, the Ruby Friedman Orchestra, Abe Vigoda, White Arrows, Twilight Sleep

    Timothy NorrisFol Chen's Samuel Bing​You have to give it to L.A. art-pop ensemble Fol Chen: They keep it interesting. They're building up steam behind their second release for Sufjan Stevens' Asthmatic Kitty label, "Part II: The New December," an ear tickler of glitchy pop and falsettoed funk ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Tonight: Femi Kuti & the Positive Force, Chris Shiflett, Carbon Leaf, Crooked Cowboy

    Femi Kuti​Need some positive force? Yeah, so do we. Olafela Olafemi Anikulapo Kuti (known as Femi), the son of Nigerian Afro-beat legend Fela Kuti, is renowned for live performances that feature exultant saxophone and even more celebratory dancing adding up to a sweaty spectacle of funk. But ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    July 1, 2010

    Guelaguetza

    Oaxacan fare that's hard to beat

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    Over the Weekend: Baaba Maal, Tinariwen and Yeasayer Play the Bowl

    Fool's Gold (Andrea Whiting)​By Andrea Whiting Given that it was Father's Day and the dude half-responsible for my existence loves live music, I decided to bring my dad along to the season's first KCRW World Festival. And via this ploy to beat out my little sister for the Best Daughter Award ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    (Vuvuzela-Free) World Cup Music Scandal: Ghana With the Wind

    ​[The LA Weekly's Calendar Editor, Libby Molyneaux, points us to the following underreported incident at the South Africa soccer World Cup:] "Here's a charming little story that shows that corruption is alive and well in the World Music business. The incident involves some top acts in Ghana ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    Madlib Goes Psych-Rock on New 'Brain Wreck' LP

    Bunnies makin' babies.​It was only a matter of time. It's been said that Madlib owns over two tons of vinyl, and you can be damn sure that collection is free of the standard thrift shop filler. No Herb Alpert and his Tijuana Brass. No Barbra Streisand embracing Kris Kristofferson. No holida ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    West African Get Down with Polyrhythmic Songstress Wunmi

    West African Get Down with Polyrhythmic Songstress Wunmi

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    MP3 Exclusive: Opolopo's Funked "Mothership" Remix by Portformat, Dudley & Georgia

    Portformat's 'The Repeat Factor' repeated​Some things bear repeating -- especially when they're funked up to resemble a modern beat music take on Parliament's timeless space-groove. It's no secret that L.A. residents Dudley Perkins and Georgia Anne Muldrow are descendents of the P-Funk tradit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Top Ten Musicians Who Cannot Tour Arizona Without Proving They're "Legal"

    Carlos Santana: Papers please!​We don't know if you're aware of this, but Arizona has recently passed a little law demanding that every cop, security guard or random person in some kind of uniform and in possession of a Tazer stop anyone "suspected" of being an illegal immigrant and demand tha ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    April 22, 2010

    Pieter Hugo at Shoshana Wayne

    Carlos Santana: Papers please!​We don't know if you're aware of this, but Arizona has recently passed a little law demanding that every cop, security guard or random person in some kind of uniform and in possession of a Tazer stop anyone "suspected" of being an illegal immigrant and demand tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Drivers Stop Your Engines: L.A. Marathon Street Closures Detailed

    lamarathon.com​You know what's great about the Los Angeles Marathon? Nothing if you're trying to drive to Hollywood from the Westside to get your Thai food on at the same time streets are tied up like Quagmire on a sex bender. It can make L.A.'s one relatively traffic-free day -- Sunday -- fee ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 13, 2009

    HOORAY FOR NOLLYWOOD

    lamarathon.com​You know what's great about the Los Angeles Marathon? Nothing if you're trying to drive to Hollywood from the Westside to get your Thai food on at the same time streets are tied up like Quagmire on a sex bender. It can make L.A.'s one relatively traffic-free day -- Sunday -- fee ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 1, 2009

    Eclipsed

    lamarathon.com​You know what's great about the Los Angeles Marathon? Nothing if you're trying to drive to Hollywood from the Westside to get your Thai food on at the same time streets are tied up like Quagmire on a sex bender. It can make L.A.'s one relatively traffic-free day -- Sunday -- fee ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 20, 2009

    JACKSON 5 IN AFRICA

    lamarathon.com​You know what's great about the Los Angeles Marathon? Nothing if you're trying to drive to Hollywood from the Westside to get your Thai food on at the same time streets are tied up like Quagmire on a sex bender. It can make L.A.'s one relatively traffic-free day -- Sunday -- fee ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 4, 2009

    LOCALS ONLY

    lamarathon.com​You know what's great about the Los Angeles Marathon? Nothing if you're trying to drive to Hollywood from the Westside to get your Thai food on at the same time streets are tied up like Quagmire on a sex bender. It can make L.A.'s one relatively traffic-free day -- Sunday -- fee ... More >>

  • Stage

    December 25, 2008

    Lula Washington Dance Theater: Kwanzaa Celebration Concert

    lamarathon.com​You know what's great about the Los Angeles Marathon? Nothing if you're trying to drive to Hollywood from the Westside to get your Thai food on at the same time streets are tied up like Quagmire on a sex bender. It can make L.A.'s one relatively traffic-free day -- Sunday -- fee ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 4, 2008

    Doubling Up

    Daring moves from two dance duo

  • Eat+Drink

    February 14, 2008

    At Nigerian Eatery Saaris, America Is Turning to Fufu!

    Dunkin' dough

  • News

    June 17, 2004

    The Cheney Connection

    Tracing the Halliburton money trail to Nigeria

  • Art+Books

    April 18, 2002

    Claiming the Camera

    The photographs of Seydou Keïta and Malick Sidibé

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