Was it ever in doubt that the first African American president of the United States would wish to crown his legacy by no…
Tag: Cold War
Enough of the liberal pieties on Sochi and gay rights
The Guardian‘s website decided to have a rainbow “G” in its title during the past few days in order to…
Nelson Mandela and how we talk about the state in Africa
The first point to recognize is that most states in Africa were formed as a consequence of independence struggles. State…
Music Break. Dengue Fever
A lot of music we like don’t come from Africa. Like this one from Dengue Fever, the California-Cambodia combo: an …
Afro-Russians
Photographer Liz Johnson-Artur‘s images illustrates a piece by Sarah Bentley in the latest issue of Nigerian magaz…
America has 'blood on our hands' in Congo
Author Adam Hochschild interviewed by PBS program, Need to Know, on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Congo&#…
'Boers and Bantus'
This is a find. A while back the “History” page of the Dutch TV channel, VPRO–one of my favorite sites…
FW de Klerk’s version of history
Recently Guardian journalist Gary Younge reminded me of an interview he did with FW de Klerk, the ast Apartheid Presiden…