Ntone Edjabe

Cameroonian journalist (born 1970)

Ntone Edjabe

Born	1970 (age 53–54) 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]

Recognition

In 2011, Edjabe won the Principal Award of the Prince Claus Awards, with his Chimurenga platform. In 2017, he was a member of the international jury that selected Anne Imhof as recipient of the Golden Lion for best national participation in the 57th Venice Biennale.^[6]

Works

In 2002, Edjabe became founder and director of Chimurenga magazine and curator of the series of publications African Cities Reader with Edgar Pieterse. He co-presented the radio programme Soul Makossa on Bush Radio 89.5, a station based in Cape Town.^[7] He is curator with Neo Muyanga 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. Dominique Malaquais, 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
^ Andrew Russeth (13 May 2017), Golden Lions in Venice for Anne Imhof and Franz Erhard Walther, Silver for Hassan Khan ARTnews.
^ "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.