Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Image by Philippe Sibelly “Africa Rising” stories have become old news in English-speaking media, so much so that Africa is a Country called them a meme not long ago. But only a few have run in French news outlets, and one such op-ed recently made it to the pages of the well-respected daily newspaper
Friday, March 8th, 2013
In the past decade the international media first focused on China’s economic boom, which was then followed by the ‘Africa is rising’ narrative. The latter partly as a result of China’s investments. Many have wondered whether China’s...
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
Remember when Law & Order: Criminal Intent did a two-hour season premier on Erik Prince’s anti-pirate private militia in Somalia? Prince (founder and frequent re-namer of the infamous mercenary company, Blackwater) became a celebrity by escalating and...
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
If you believe the rumours, sex appeal’s Idris Elba — half Sierra Leonean, half Ghanaian, fully a Londoner — will be the next James Bond, although Daniel Craig may clench and mumble his way through a couple...
Friday, October 26th, 2012
Bleeding, splintering, RGB pixels paint repeated images of handshakes and embraces — filmed off a television screen, or from existing filmed material — until they expand to a short panorama of the China-Africa Summit held in Beijing...
Monday, September 17th, 2012
The three most interesting things about the recent Angolan elections were: one, that we knew the result before election (the question was by how much). Two, why did the Angolan ruling party, MPLA, spent so much on...
Jennifer Hudson is no Winnie Mandel...
8 Jun 2011 at 4:44 pm
Kuduro’s International Wave
24 Dec 2012 at 4:00 am
Africa Express: A Different Breed o...
6 Jul 2012 at 4:38 am
Shakira’s animal skins
23 Sep 2010 at 12:08 pm
My delicious ‘Afrigasm’
2 Jul 2012 at 3:05 pm
Lesotho Media and the Growing Intim...
14 Feb 2013 at 10:00 am
Mandela and the ANC
22 Jan 2012 at 3:00 pm
Africa and the Biennial: Regard Ben...
3 Dec 2012 at 11:00 am
The Economist’s Africa
12 Dec 2011 at 10:30 am
