The future of South Africa’s Tripartite Alliance
On March 20th there was a national shutdown in South Africa. On that day, we hosted a discussion in Johannesburg on the effectiveness and future of the South African left.
On March 20th there was a national shutdown in South Africa. On that day, we hosted a discussion in Johannesburg on the effectiveness and future of the South African left.
An inescapable part of Nigerian social life is our lavish celebrations of important occasions, such as
As we announced earlier this month, Africa is a Country is teaming up with Coffeebeans Routes
This month we will be kicking off a special partnership with Coffeebeans Routes to bring you a
Osekre, whose music is a blend of Afrobeat and ska, on the trials and tribulations of being an African musician in New York City
The resistance legacy of Brazilian slaves suffers from both romanticism and a spotty historical record. But it also persists as a potent social and cultural symbol.
Danny Mekonnen of Debo Band previews the Aputumpu Festival in Boston.
We asked the participants at a symposium in Austria on European Africans to reflect on what an Afropean is. We edited it into a short video.
Cameroon prosecutes people for consensual same-sex conduct more aggressively than almost any country in the world.
The photographer Zanele Muholi equally mourns and celebrates South African queer lives.
Five films pointing to new directions for African cinema -- by some of the most exciting young filmmakers from the continent.
The London gallery Autograph ABP is currently exhibiting Alice Seeley Harris’ well-known 1904 Congo Reform Association
The third edition of the Egyptian Luxor African Film Festival again has a wide-ranging programme scheduled
I love the way that Nigerian photographer Akinbode Akinbiyi works. I mean his approach to photography
Conceiving of the relationship between public space and positions of power as a hall of mirrors.
The negative effects of tourism, globalization, and commercialization in Zanzibar.
A conversation with the curators of the Angolan Pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale.
How can the Nigerian government be willing to lend treasured objects to an institution tha still keeps the shameful booty from colonialism's crimes?
Considering James Town's weighty history, which played a huge part in shaping Ghana, it seems only right that when re-imagining a future Accra we start at the place where the city began.
Andrew Dosunmu's film "Mother of George" is a film about love and tradition set amongst Nigerian immigrants in New York City.