'Ya'll feel me even if it's in Swahili'*

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The official video for the Nas-Damian Marley’s single, “As We Enter” off “The Distant Relatives” album, is finally online.

* That’s a lyric from the song.

[It seems the video has been taken down after a complaint by the record company. For real.]

Further Reading

The Mogadishu analogy

In Gaza and Haiti, the specter of another Mogadishu is being raised to alert on-lookers and policymakers of unfolding tragedies. But we have to be careful when making comparisons.

Kwame Nkrumah today

New documents looking at British and American involvement in overthrowing Kwame Nkrumah give us pause to reflect on his legacy, and its resonances today.

Goodbye, Piassa

The demolition of an historic district in Addis Ababa shows a central contradiction of modernization: the desire to improve the country while devaluing its people and culture.