October 19, 2011 New Zealand, whose popular music scene didn't take root until well after the British Invasion hit its shores in the mid-'60s, has made up for a late start in joining the global pop-music party. (Photo: Dove Shore)
October 14, 2011 The first thing you notice when visiting Iceland is its alien landscape; it's spookily devoid of trees and other obvious signs of life. There's the soothing, otherworldly calm of its myriad natural hot springs. Yet in nearby Thingvellir park, there's...
Apartheid may be officially over, but South Africa is far from seamless unity. In the space created by the Black/White divide, however, in the frisson of classes and cultures grating against each other, young Zulu and Afrikaaner (and Sotho and Xhosa)...
A barren border town, a lawless and violent no man's land, an abandoned demilitarized zone between the US and Mexico...since 9/11, Tijuana's bowed under the weight of perceptions both true and false. But take a closer look and discover a secret young...
What do you think of when you hear "African Film"? Leonardo DiCaprio's horrible South African accent in Blood Diamond? The shocking massacres of Hotel Rwanda? Yeah, we did too. Unfortunately, Hollywood got our attention first. But we began to wonder if...
It began as another typical Saturday night in New York City. I was hanging out in Koreatown with my friends, fellow Korean Studies graduate students, downing shots of soju (a strong, distilled beverage that tastes either like sweet vodka or Drano,...
Jai –what? Shut up! If you think Indian music begins with “Bolly” and ends with “wood,” prepare to have your mind blown. Ever since the Beatles went to India, rockers the world over looked to India for inspiration or a little exotic something to spice...
