Monthly Archives: January 2010

If  Benin’s Godfather of Funk, El Rego, ever joined the forces of Detroit Motown, it would have been unreal:

1. Tennis player Justine Henin goes to DRC and finds tennis inspiration; rubbing the bellies of Congolese children proved to increase the probability of winning Aussie Open. 2. Rwanda fails to sweep warlords with pet goats into past memories; surge … Continue reading →

In last weekends Kigali City Council meeting,  hundreds of attendants came down with food poisoning. Which really means witchcraft. According to the New Times: The meeting had been called to present KCC’s achievements in 2009, also attracted several senior government … Continue reading →

Congolese super-musician Franco has just been re-mastered. Word on the street about Francophonic Volume 2 is its good, really good: But this 2xCD sequel to the first Sterns anthology of Franco’s recordings (which covered 1953-1980) is thunderbolts and fireworks, start … Continue reading →

Human Rights Watch has just published the definitive tome on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. “Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity” meticulously documents all of the cases, convictions, precedents set by the court.  In this 522-page beast, HRW … Continue reading →

Because, when they first gave you the radioclit, it was good. And now, the Very Best is back with a new funkier, dancehall sound:

1. Vodacom Congo in trouble; claims they can’t cell ‘Blood Cellphones’ to the people who produce them fast enough. 2. Burundi starts voter registration for presidential election to ensure individuals can vote multiple times. 3. Opposition leader Victoire Ingabire visits … Continue reading →

Timothy Raeymakers, an excellent scholar on all things Congolese, knows whats important about the DRC: the vegetables. In his most recent paper, The Central Margins: Congo’s Transborder Economy and State-Making in the Borderlands, Raeymakers historically contextualizes what might be the … Continue reading →

Ted McCagg’s Hyper Targeted Pornography:

Pardon the momentary hiatus on this blog: Mo’dernity Mo’problems is now back, however, without new years greeting cards. This, of course, is in solidarity with the Government of Rwanda, who recently banned all inter-Ministry greeting cards in the face of … Continue reading →