Morello, guitarist for rock bands Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, has put down the ax and picked up the microphone for his new solo career. Under his alter ego The Nightwatchman, Morello, who wants to be “the black Robin Hood of 21st century music,” recently released his first album, One Man Revolution.
No stranger to controversy, Roberts, a political commentator and author, is making enemies again with his newest book on South Africa's president, Fit to Govern: The Native Intelligence of Thabo Mbeki. The book, released this month by STE Publishers, undertakes what the Mail & Guardian calls “the first systematic defence of Mbeki’s controversial presidency”—a move not likely to endear Roberts to Mbeki’s abundant critics.
