Ntone Edjabe
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| Born | 1970 (age 50–51) Douala, Cameroon |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist, DJ |
| Nationality | Cameroonian |
Ntone Edjabe (born 1970) is a Cameroonian writer, journalist, DJ and founding editor of Chimurenga magazine.
Life and career[]
Ntone Edjabe was born in Douala, Cameroon, and he moved to Lagos, Nigeria, where he began his studies. In 1993 he interrupted his studies to move to South Africa.[1] He works as a journalist, writer, DJ, and basketball coach.[2]
In 1997 he became co-founder and manager of the Pan African Market, a commercial and cultural space located in Long Street in the centre of Cape Town. In 2002 he founded Chimurenga magazine. In 2004 he was facilitator[3] of Time of the Writer, and in 2007 he participated in its 10th edition at the Centre for Creative Arts of the University of KwaZulu-Natal.[4] Edjabe is co-founder and member of the DJ collective Fong Kong Bantu Soundsystem. In 2009 he was Massachusetts Institute of Technology Abramowitz Artist-in-Residence.[5]
In 2011 Edjabe won the Principal Award of the Prince Claus Awards, with his Chimurenga platform.
Works[]
In 2002, Edjabe became founder and director of Chimurenga magazine and curator of the series of publications African Cities Reader with . He co-presented the radio programme Soul Makossa on Bush Radio 89.5, a station based in Cape Town.[6] He is curator with of the Pan African Space Station (PASS). Among the publications to which he contributes are Politique africaine, L'Autre Afrique and BBC Focus on Africa.
Essays and articles[]
- "In Search of the Lost Rhythm", in Coffeebeans Routes cc, Cape Town.
- "Restate the focus to shape local polemic", Artthrob, n. 71, July 2003.
- "Corps ville violence Why blackman dey carry shit", in Politique africaine, Issue 100 Cosmopolis: de la ville, de l'Afrique et du monde, ed. , Karthala Editions, 2006.
Notes[]
- ^ "The New South Africa with Ntone Edjabe" Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, Studio 360 (radio), 25/06/2010.
- ^ Ntone Edjabe's biography on Cofeebeans Routs: "He is also a basketball coach, and was coach to another of our contributors Akin Omotoso during his studies at the University of Cape Town."
- ^ Ntone Edjabe's biography Archived 2006-09-24 at the Wayback Machine as facilitator of Time of the Writer 2004.
- ^ Ntone Edjabe's biography[permanent dead link] on Time of the Writer Festival 2007].
- ^ The programme Abramowitz Artist-in-Residence at MIT
- ^ "Africa's pioneering radio station". www.bushradio.co.za. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
Bibliography[]
- Dídac P. Lagarriga, "Chimurenga: who no know go know; An interview with Ntone Edjabe", in Africaneando, Revista de actualidad y experiencias, 2004.
- Trebor Scholz, "Chimurenga: Cape Town Now! Politics, Music, Culture: An interview with Ntone Edjabe", CTheory.net, 19/06/2002.
- Ntone Edjabe, "Chimurenga, Felasophy and the Quest for Lightness in the New South Africa", conferenza, MIT, 31/05/2009.
- "The New South Africa with Ntone Edjabe - Kwaito's Influence on SA Lit", 7:12m, Studio 360 (radio), 25/06/2010.
- Elissa Schappell and Rob Spillman, "The continental shelf", in Vanity Fair, July 2007.
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