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."The New South Africa with Ntone Edjabe" , Studio 360 (radio), 25/06/2010. He works as a journalist, writer, DJ, and basketball coach.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."
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 facilitatorNtone Edjabe's biography as facilitator of Time of the Writer 2004. 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.Ntone Edjabe's biography on Time of the Writer Festival 2007]. 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.The programme Abramowitz Artist-in-Residence at MIT
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.Andrew Russeth (13 May 2017), Golden Lions in Venice for Anne Imhof and Franz Erhard Walther, Silver for Hassan Khan ARTnews.
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. 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.
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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.