Posts tagged with ‘africa’

Vice documentary of the day: ‘Ground Zero: Insurgents vs the Malian Army’

Pretty insightful Vice documentary about the conflict in Mali.

Moment of zen time lapse video of the day: “Namibian Nights”

It’s not easy to come up with something new when you visit the same place every year for more than a decade. Over the years Marsel has created the most extensive and most popular night photography portfolio of Namibia on this planet, and two years ago he decided it was time to take it to the next level.

Short film of the day: “Palesa’s Fruit”

My sister is in a competition for a documentary she made about renewable energy sources in South Africa. Please check it out and if you enjoyed it, vote at the end of the video.

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Teenager from Sierra Leone impresses MIT with his home-built, spare parts radio station

At any age, what Kelvin Doe has managed to accomplish would be remarkable. The self-taught inventor from Sierra Leone literally goes through the trash to find parts to build batteries, a generator and an entire home FM radio station, under his on-air identity is DJ Focus. And he is only 15. Doe’s feats were brought to the attention of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, leading to his invitation to the university’s Visiting Practitioner’s Program — the youngest participant in its history. Even more impressive, Doe’s feats have real-life applications. Because a consistent source of electricity his hard to come by in many parts of Sierra Leone, Doe has also produced batteries to light homes in his neighborhood.

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IHC After Dark: African body modification

An amateur report/documentary on the practice of scarification and other body modification in parts of Africa.