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Eat West African Moi-Moi at La Cocina's Street Food Festival This Weekend

Chiefo's Kitchen will debut moi-moi at San Francisco Street Food Festival on Sat. Aug., 18. Chiefo Chukwudebe, who grew up in Nigeria and got started in the local restaurant scene through La Cocina two years ago, says that you can guarantee a discussion if you bring up moi-moi in Nigeria. Everyone l ... More >>

Best of Coachella Weekend One: Sunday, April 15

See also: *The Best Of Coachella: Saturday, April 14 *Top Ten Awkward Coachella Dance Move GIFs Wow, that was fast! In a whirlwind of top-notch performances from legends and buzz bands alike, pool parties, and rain, Coachella's first weekend is over. Here are our scribes' favorite moments from Sund ... More >>

Organizing a Community

See also: *The Best Of Coachella: Saturday, April 14 *Top Ten Awkward Coachella Dance Move GIFs Wow, that was fast! In a whirlwind of top-notch performances from legends and buzz bands alike, pool parties, and rain, Coachella's first weekend is over. Here are our scribes' favorite moments from Sund ... More >>

Queer the Room

See also: *The Best Of Coachella: Saturday, April 14 *Top Ten Awkward Coachella Dance Move GIFs Wow, that was fast! In a whirlwind of top-notch performances from legends and buzz bands alike, pool parties, and rain, Coachella's first weekend is over. Here are our scribes' favorite moments from Sund ... More >>

Pearlasia Gamboa Named 'Notable Fraudster' by Nigerian Magazine

​Given the now-cliched form of e-mail fraud known as "The Nigerian Prince" -- someone claiming to be African royalty sends you a message out of the blue offering to entrust you with a fortune in exchange for some personal information, such as your bank account number -- it seems odd that a Nigeria ... More >>

How Bill T. Jones Turned Radical African Music Into the Broadway Hit Fela!

It's easy to take for granted that Fela! would be a smash Broadway musical -- that it would make its big-stage debut to critical acclaim ("music that gets into your bloodstream," said the New York Times), that it would garner a slew of 2010 Tony nominations, and that it would revive interest in the ... More >>

tUnE-yArDs' Merrill Garbus on Her Creative Philosophy, Finding Inspiration in the Bay, and the Wisdom of Steve Jobs

By CHLOE ROTH In 2009, tUnE-yArDs frontwoman Merrill Garbus was lured from Montreal to Oakland by "Love and fear of illegal immigrant status in Canada." Lucky for us. "I started sadly playing a ukulele that my mom had given me," Garbus says. "Though it crossed my mind that being a doctor was probab ... More >>

A Father's Day Wishlist: Kiss Hilarity, Glen Hansard Busking, My Bloody Valentine Humming, and More

Cake Picture Gallery​ Lou Reed set the bar rather low with his idea of the perfect day: sips of sangria in the park, a trip to the zoo, a movie. "It Was a Good Day" also kept it simple, with Ice Cube's ideal 24 hours consisting of mom's home cooking, playing craps, and a Lakers victory. Nigeri ... More >>

E-mail Spammers Are Migrating to Social Media

Cramming your life​This morning, I had 12 e-mails in my spambox. That includes a few false positives, so really it's only nine. Older spams are deleted automatically -- every night. A few months ago, I was getting anywhere from a few dozen to a couple of hundred new spams a day -- the overwhelming ... More >>

Steve Ugbah, East Bay Professor, Arrested in Nigeria

Welcome home, Steve​Steve Ugbah, a marketing professor at Cal State East Bay, was frustrated by the lack of progress in his birthplace of Benue, Nigera -- which is why he decided to return home and run for governor.But that experience didn't go so well for the Dublin resident who was arrested yest ... More >>

Pants Are Always Optional in the Living Room Nightclub

Dad Rock is a new column in which Ryan Foley will attempt to look at pop music and pop culture from the precipice of middle age. If he ultimately leaps, it's because tiny hands ruined his Galaxie 500 vinyl. Accusations that he's raising five insufferable hipster children can be sent to mofrackie@gma ... More >>

Sundance dominated by cults and the uncertain future

Dad Rock is a new column in which Ryan Foley will attempt to look at pop music and pop culture from the precipice of middle age. If he ultimately leaps, it's because tiny hands ruined his Galaxie 500 vinyl. Accusations that he's raising five insufferable hipster children can be sent to mofrackie@gma ... More >>

Magic Kids, ZineFest, Prince vs. Michael, Doin' It in the Park, and More

Magic Kids plays Bottom of the Hill this Sunday​It's Labor Day! Meaning: an extra day to your weekend, 10 percent more texts than usual and even more chances to nurse epic hangovers. Have fun San Francisco, you deserve it. Here's our list of fun things to do this weekend for less than a ticket to ... More >>

DJ Sabo: Show Preview

Magic Kids plays Bottom of the Hill this Sunday​It's Labor Day! Meaning: an extra day to your weekend, 10 percent more texts than usual and even more chances to nurse epic hangovers. Have fun San Francisco, you deserve it. Here's our list of fun things to do this weekend for less than a ticket to ... More >>

Porn Spam Takes Turn For the Barbaric

'She begged for more like this'​Like everything, Spam goes through phases. Here at SF Weekly, we went through our Nigerian scam phase. Then we braved our Russian phase. And now, we appear to be going through the "disable a woman via barbaric sex" phase. Here are some of the more visceral subject l ... More >>

Whole Foods Potrero Hill Wants Regular Street-Food Offerings

Tamara Palmer​Whole Foods held an Around the World Bistro Dinner on Aug. 18, a fundraiser for SF Street Food Festival organizers La Cocina. Besides showcasing the cooking of three La Cocina-supported vendors who will sell at the festival (Nigerian food from Chiefo's Kitchen, Mexican from El Bu ... More >>

Whole Foods Hosting Multi-Culti Bistro Benefit for SF Street Food Fest

Jun BelenAzalina Eusope of Azalaina's Malaysian.​Whole Foods is fund-raising for the SF Street Food Festival next week with a street-centric dinner prepared by three incubating businesses at La Cocina, organizer of the fest. The meal leaps across continents, in a triple-course matchup that p ... More >>

At the de Young, a Stunning Work of Recycled Bottle Tops

Courtesy of de Young MuseumEl Anatsui's Hovor II​The woman sauntered up to the giant wall hanging called Hovor II, inspected its connecting pieces, then sat down on a nearby bench to get a more expansive view. Every five minutes or so, the pattern was the same on the second floor of the de Young M ... More >>

The Afrobeat Goes On

Courtesy of de Young MuseumEl Anatsui's Hovor II​The woman sauntered up to the giant wall hanging called Hovor II, inspected its connecting pieces, then sat down on a nearby bench to get a more expansive view. Every five minutes or so, the pattern was the same on the second floor of the de Young M ... More >>

Femi Kuti is More Focused Than You

Nicolas HidiroglouKuti: Eyes on the prize.​Olafela Olafemi Anikulapo Kuti (Femi for short) is the son of a legend, a position of great magnitude that can tend to overshadow his own significant achievements as a musician and political activist. He's the spitting image of his late father, Afrobe ... More >>

Nigerian Scam: Now the Fraudster Claims He's Married To You

Uh, guess what?​Everyone knows about the notorious Nigerian Internet scam. Lesser known is the old Nigerian wedding scam. Well, actually it was just one guy (from Nigeria) named Emmanuel Ejike Anyanwu who claimed he was married to a U.S. citizen who was none-the-wiser in order to get a green card. ... More >>

Africa Abroad

Uh, guess what?​Everyone knows about the notorious Nigerian Internet scam. Lesser known is the old Nigerian wedding scam. Well, actually it was just one guy (from Nigeria) named Emmanuel Ejike Anyanwu who claimed he was married to a U.S. citizen who was none-the-wiser in order to get a green card. ... More >>

Memoir by Rainbow Cheesemonger Smashes Foodie Stereotypes

Chelsea GreenIt's a very local mashup of food and chip-on-the-shoulder social conscience.​Is it possible to turn gastronome without surrendering your punk soul? That question bleeds through the text of Cheesemonger: A Life on the Wedge by Rainbow cheese buyer Gordon Edgar. The 200-page memoir ... More >>

Loose Joints

Chelsea GreenIt's a very local mashup of food and chip-on-the-shoulder social conscience.​Is it possible to turn gastronome without surrendering your punk soul? That question bleeds through the text of Cheesemonger: A Life on the Wedge by Rainbow cheese buyer Gordon Edgar. The 200-page memoir ... More >>

Last Night: Nneka at Red Devil Lounge

​Nneka January 27, 2010 Red Devil Lounge Better Than: the State of the Union, or the Nigerian underwear bomber Berlin-based Nigerian Nneka delivered an intimate scolding to the crowd Wednesday, while moving them to jerk knees and hips to her radical Afro-funk ballads and ciphers. The chiseled-fac ... More >>

California Academy of Sciences Turns One

​Nneka January 27, 2010 Red Devil Lounge Better Than: the State of the Union, or the Nigerian underwear bomber Berlin-based Nigerian Nneka delivered an intimate scolding to the crowd Wednesday, while moving them to jerk knees and hips to her radical Afro-funk ballads and ciphers. The chiseled-fac ... More >>

Aphrodesia spreads Afrobeat cross-country

​Nneka January 27, 2010 Red Devil Lounge Better Than: the State of the Union, or the Nigerian underwear bomber Berlin-based Nigerian Nneka delivered an intimate scolding to the crowd Wednesday, while moving them to jerk knees and hips to her radical Afro-funk ballads and ciphers. The chiseled-fac ... More >>

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: DJ Said

Nigerian born producer / promoter /label owner DJ Said came into this world from the same corner of the globe as Fela Kuti, and he's just as addicted to spreading Afro Beat to the masses--although he blends those sounds into myriad dancefloor styles. After a stint in England, Said settled in the Bay ... More >>

King Sunny Adé's legnthy reign

Nigerian born producer / promoter /label owner DJ Said came into this world from the same corner of the globe as Fela Kuti, and he's just as addicted to spreading Afro Beat to the masses--although he blends those sounds into myriad dancefloor styles. After a stint in England, Said settled in the Bay ... More >>

Oil and Water

Nigerian born producer / promoter /label owner DJ Said came into this world from the same corner of the globe as Fela Kuti, and he's just as addicted to spreading Afro Beat to the masses--although he blends those sounds into myriad dancefloor styles. After a stint in England, Said settled in the Bay ... More >>

International crate digging gets new life online

Nigerian born producer / promoter /label owner DJ Said came into this world from the same corner of the globe as Fela Kuti, and he's just as addicted to spreading Afro Beat to the masses--although he blends those sounds into myriad dancefloor styles. After a stint in England, Said settled in the Bay ... More >>

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