kameraad mhambi

A re-deployed blog with views on Azania*

Entries Tagged as 'art & culture'

Gazelle’s Verlore seun, puts boogie back into the plaas

March 2nd, 2010 · 6 Comments · art & culture, the power of identity

Kameraad Mhambi bets his two front teeth that he was the first blogger on the planet to write about Gazelle (and here) (I was the second to write about Die Antwoord), but I missed the release of his neat little music video of Die verlore seun.
The New Yorker recently commented on Die Antwoord -
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New Pepsi add for South Africa World Cup

March 1st, 2010 · 3 Comments · art & culture

Shifting the goal posts? Sent to me by my friend Murray Hunter, what do you make of it? One comment from me, that Djembe in the shot is not South African. South Africa does not have Djembe’s. And where’s the Vuvuzela’s?

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Die Antwoord pics by Katvrou

March 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments · art & culture

Die Antwoord played a gig in Joburg this weekend, and by all reports it was a stormer. Katvrou (Cat woman) took some pics (see correction in comments) of the next level skilz and wipe outs.

Did you know that Ninja makes t-shirts and hands them out at the Gigs? You can see one inthis pic. And [...]

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Die Antwoord – is it blackface?

February 23rd, 2010 · 21 Comments · art & culture, the power of identity

There’s been a very interesting discussion on Sean’s Africa is a Country blog, on whether Die Antwoord is blackface. Now I was not even familar with the term. Wikipedia defines it as -

Blackface is theatrical makeup used in the United States and around the world, where the practice became popular during the 19th century, it [...]

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An interview with Die Antwoord (video)

February 8th, 2010 · 9 Comments · art & culture, the power of identity

An interview with Die Antwoord. They explain their take on Zef. They want to do a feature with Neil Blomkamp of District 9 fame. They saw Wikus van der Merwe in the Gardens Shopping Center. And South Africa is pretty damn funky.

PS: According to Watkykjy Neil Blomkamp has been in touch with Yolandi already, so [...]

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Ninja is the new James Phillips – just bigger

February 3rd, 2010 · 8 Comments · art & culture, politics, the power of identity

The guy that started the popular Afrikaans music explosion of the last 20 years or so name was James Phillips.
James was a Ingelsman – an English white South African. But not a Soutpiel – the derogatory word for English whites that were obsessed with thier mother country. (Literally salt penis. Someone with one foot in [...]

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What is Zef?

February 2nd, 2010 · 13 Comments · art & culture, the power of identity

Kameraad Mhambi sees there is some confusion online over what the term Zef means. Die Antwoord does Zef Afrikaans Rap Rave. What is Zef?
Well its similar to Chav. Sofeetjie explained it best in a comment on the Guardian website.

The question to Die Antwoord, I believe, is an Afrikaans website called Wat Kyk Jy? (“What are [...]

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