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Afrika (song)
Afrika may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Afrika'' (video game), for PlayStation 3 * "Afrika" (song), by Električni Orgazam * '' A.F.R.I.K.A.'', a 2002 South Korean film * ''Afrika'' (film), a 1973 Italian film People * Afrika (artist) (born 1966), Russian artist * Afrika Bambaataa (Lance Taylor, born 1957), American DJ, rapper, and producer * Cecil Afrika (born 1988), South African rugby player * Tatamkhulu Afrika (1920-2002), South African poet and writer Other uses * Afrika, a fashion line by M.I.A. * Russian cruiser ''Afrika'', a cruiser of the Imperial Russian Navy See also * Africa (other) * Afrika Korps The Afrika Korps or German Africa Corps (, }; DAK) was the German expeditionary force in Africa during the North African Campaign of World War II. First sent as a holding force to shore up the Italian defense of its African colonies, the ..., the German expeditionary force in Africa in World War II * McAfrika, a former McDonald' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrika (video Game)
''Afrika'', known as ''Hakuna Matata'' in Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, is a photography and safari simulation video game for the PlayStation 3. Developed by Rhino Studios and published by Natsume, the game was first announced in a promotional video during the Sony press conference at E3 2006. ''Afrika'' has been referred to as being similar to the Nintendo 64 title '' Pokémon Snap''. Gameplay In ''Afrika'', the player assumes the role of a photojournalist hired to take images of various animals in Africa, as the name indicates. Gameplay is mission-driven; players receive e-mails at the base camp instructing them to which animals they must photograph. Players may then travel by foot, car, or hot air balloon to the areas where the requested animals are found in order to photograph them. The in-game camera is controlled by the Sixaxis. Depending on the quality of the photograph taken, the player will earn in-game money. The money can then be spent on new su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrika (song)
Afrika may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Afrika'' (video game), for PlayStation 3 * "Afrika" (song), by Električni Orgazam * '' A.F.R.I.K.A.'', a 2002 South Korean film * ''Afrika'' (film), a 1973 Italian film People * Afrika (artist) (born 1966), Russian artist * Afrika Bambaataa (Lance Taylor, born 1957), American DJ, rapper, and producer * Cecil Afrika (born 1988), South African rugby player * Tatamkhulu Afrika (1920-2002), South African poet and writer Other uses * Afrika, a fashion line by M.I.A. * Russian cruiser ''Afrika'', a cruiser of the Imperial Russian Navy See also * Africa (other) * Afrika Korps The Afrika Korps or German Africa Corps (, }; DAK) was the German expeditionary force in Africa during the North African Campaign of World War II. First sent as a holding force to shore up the Italian defense of its African colonies, the ..., the German expeditionary force in Africa in World War II * McAfrika, a former McDonald' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrika (film)
''Afrika'' is a 1973 Italian film directed by Alberto Cavallone. At the center of the story is a homosexual relationship set in Africa. Plot Philippe, a bisexual painter, is living through a crisis. He is torn between his love for his wife and his attraction for young men. In Ethiopia, he meets Frank, a young homosexual, falls in love with him and takes him in as his secretary, making him part of the family like he has done with other young men. In the end, he abandons Frank just as he has undergone a sex change. The young man's disappointment causes him to commit suicide by a bullet to his temple, with the aid of his sister, who - pressured by her macho husband - was not able to live with her brother's homosexuality. Cast * Ivano Staccioli as Professor Philippe Stone * Andrea Traglia as Frank * Jane Avril as Philip's wife * Kara Donati as Jeanne * Debete Eshepete * Zawdit Asta * Peter Belphet * Gianni Basso Production According to Marco Giusti, the story is inspired by a novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrika (artist)
Sergei Bugaev "Afrika" (born 28 March 1966) is a Russian artist. He was born in Novorossiysk, on the Black Sea, and in the early 1980s moved to Leningrad, where he met and became friends with leaders of the art scene there, such as the painter Timur Novikov and musician Boris Grebenshchikov. Shortly thereafter he adopted the artistic moniker "Afrika" and began working as an artist himself. In 1987 he starred as Bananan, the lead character in the groundbreakingly avant garde film '' Assa'' by Russian film director Sergei Solovyov. Afrika works mainly in performance and installation art. His 1993 project "Krimania" took the form of an initial performance, which involved the artist spending three weeks in a mental institution in Simferopol, Crimea, at the end of which he staged an exhibition for the patients and staff of the hospital. The second part of the project was a major exhibition at the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna (MAK), entitled "Krimania: Icons, Monuments, Mazáfak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrika Bambaataa
Lance Taylor (born on April 17, 1957), also known as Afrika Bambaataa (), is an American DJ, rapper, and producer from the South Bronx, New York. He is notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tracks in the 1980s that influenced the development of hip hop culture. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the originators of breakbeat DJing. Through his co-opting of the street gang the Black Spades into the music and culture-oriented Universal Zulu Nation, he has helped spread hip hop culture throughout the world. In May 2016, Bambaataa left his position as head of The Zulu Nation due to multiple allegations of child sexual abuse dating as far back as the 1970s. Early life Born Lance Taylor to Jamaican and Barbadian immigrants, Bambaataa grew up in the Bronx River Projects, with an activist mother and uncle. As a child, he was exposed to the black liberation movement and witnessed debates between his mother and uncle regarding the conflicting ideologies in the moveme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Afrika
Cecil Sebastian Afrika (born 3 March 1988) is a South African rugby sevens player for the South Africa national team, where he plays at flyhalf. He also plays for the San Diego Legion of Major League Rugby (MLR). Afrika was a member of the South African Sevens team that won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Early life Afrika attended Hentie Cilliers High School in Virginia. Afrika represented the South African Schoolboys in 2006. He was part of the South African under-20 squad in the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship that reached the third place playoffs. National sevens team Afrika debuted for the South African sevens team during the Dubai leg of the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. During the Las Vegas leg of the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series he was carried off the field on a stretcher after he was injured during the Plate Final match against Fiji, South Africa won 12–7. He was part of the sevens team that took Bronze at the 2010 Commonwealth Games he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatamkhulu Afrika
Ismail Joubert (7 December 1920 – 23 December 2002), commonly known as Tatamkhulu Afrika, which is Xhosa for ''Grandfather Africa'', was a South African poet and writer. His first novel, ''Broken Earth'' was published when he was seventeen (under his "Methodist name"), but it was over fifty years until his next publication, a collection of verse entitled ''Nine Lives''. He won numerous literary awards including the gold Molteno Award for lifetime services to South African literature, and in 1996 his works were translated into French. His autobiography, ''Mr Chameleon'', was published posthumously in 2005. Biography Tatamkhulu Afrika was born Mogamed Fu'ad Nasif in Egypt to an Egyptian father and a Turkish mother, and came to South Africa as a very young child. Both his parents died of flu, and he was fostered by family friends under the name John Carlton. He fought in World War II in the North African campaign and was captured at Tobruk. His experiences as a prisoner of w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Cruiser Afrika
''Afrika'' (Russian - ''Африка'') was a sail- and steam-powered second-class cruiser of the Imperial Russian Navy. She was 2775 tonnes, 83 m long, 11.06 m in the beam and had four boilers powering a single vertical triple expansion steam engine. Her maximum speed was 12.75 knots, whilst her crew was 148 sailors and 12 officers. Those who served aboard her included Alexey Abaza and Hans William von Fersen. Built by John Roach and Sons at the Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works shipyard in Chester, Pennsylvania, she was launched in May 1877 under the name ''Saratoga''. She was acquired by Russia exactly a year later for $335,000 and sailed for Europe on 29 December 1878 under her first captain Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev. She anchored at Kronstadt in summer 1879 to have her armament installed - this became her home port. These were five 152 mm guns, four 107 mm guns and 25.04 mm guns. She was accepted into the Russian fleet on 1 February 1879. In 1882 geograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Africa (other)
Africa is the world's second largest continent. Africa may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Africa'' (1930 film), an American animated short featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit * ''África'' (film), 1996 Spanish film * ''Africa'' (2011 film), an Iranian crime drama * ''Africa'' (2019 film), an Israeli drama * ''Africa'' (1984 TV series), a Channel 4 documentary series * ''Africa'' (2013 TV series), a BBC documentary series Music Classical music * "Africa" (William Billings), an 18th-century hymn tune * "Africa", an 1891 fantasia by Camille Saint-Saëns * ''Africa'' (Still), a 1930 symphonic poem Albums * ''Africa'' (Miriam Makeba album), a 1991 compilation album * ''Africa'' (Perpetuum Jazzile album), 2009 * ''Africa'' (Pharoah Sanders album), 1987 Songs * "Africa" (Toto song), 1982, also covered by Weezer ** "Africa" (Karl Wolf song), 2007, based on the Toto song * "Africa" (Rose Laurens song), 1982, also released as "Africa (Voodoo Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrika Korps
The Afrika Korps or German Africa Corps (, }; DAK) was the German expeditionary force in Africa during the North African Campaign of World War II. First sent as a holding force to shore up the Italian defense of its African colonies, the formation fought on in Africa, under various appellations, from March 1941 until its surrender in May 1943. The unit's best known commander was Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. History Organization The Afrika Korps formed on 11 January 1941 and one of Hitler's favourite generals, Erwin Rommel, was designated as commander on 11 February. Originally Hans von Funck was to have commanded it, but Hitler loathed von Funck, as he had been a personal staff officer of Werner von Fritsch until von Fritsch was dismissed in 1938. The German Armed Forces High Command ('' Oberkommando der Wehrmacht'', OKW) had decided to send a "blocking force" to Italian Libya to support the Italian army. The Italian 10th Army had been routed by the British Commonwealth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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