Ntone Edjabe

Ntone Edjabe
Born	1970 Douala
Occupation	Writer, journalist, DJ
Nationality	Cameroonian

Ntone Edjabe is a writer, journalist, DJ and founding editor of Chimurenga magazine.

Life and career

Ntone Edjabe was born in Douala and he moved to Lagos where he began his studies. In 1993 he interrupted his studies to move to South Africa.^[1] He works as journalist, writer and DJ and basketball coach.^[2] He became co-founder and manager of the Pan African Market in 1997, a commercial and cultural space located in Long Street in the centre of Cape Town. In 2002 he created the Chimurenga magazine. In 2004 he is 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 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 Ntone Edjabe became founder and director of the Chimurenga magazine and curator of the series of publications African Cities Reader with Edgar Pieterse. He collaborated with radios and publications. He became co-presenter of Soul Makossa, a programme on Bush Radio 89.5, a radio station based in Cape Town.^[6] He is curator with Neo Muyanga of the Pan African Space Station (PASS). Among the publications he contributes to Politique Africaine, L'Autre Afrique, 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 in "Artthrob", n. 71, 07/2003.
• Corps ville violence Why blackman dey carry shit in Politique africaine, Issue 100 Cosmopolis: de la ville, de l'Afrique et du monde, a cura di Dominique Malaquais, Karthala Editions, 2006.

Note

1. ^ The New South Africa with Ntone Edjabe in "Studio 360" (radio), 25/06/2010.
2. ^ 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"
3. ^ Ntone Edjabe'biography as facilitator of Time of the Writer 2004.
4. ^ Ntone Edjabe'biography on Time of the Writer Festival 2007.
5. ^ The programme Abramowitz Artist-in-Residenc at MIT
6. ^ Bush Radio

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 in 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 in "Studio 360" (radio), 25/06/2010.
• Elissa Schappell and Rob Spillman, The continental shelf in "Vanity Fair", July 2007.

See also

• Chimurenga magazine

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Name	Edjabe, Ntone
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Date of birth	1970
Place of birth	Douala
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