Video for Douala rapper Kastra. I haven’t yet figured out what he means with “I’m your brown cacao in your black cappuccino.” And what’s with the line ” … call me Chris Brown only if you’re Rihanna”? But the music pushes all the right buttons.

Further Reading

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.