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
Monday, April 15th, 2013
April marks the springtime festival of fertility and harvest, Holi, which is celebrated throughout northern India. Because Holi is a yearly event that includes a large amount of revelry, without the obvious presence of the sacred, it’s...
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
A year ago, there was some minor hullabaloo created when African students in India were not permitted in some bars. But yeah, it remained a minor tempest. Most likely, prevalent attitudes towards Africans (and dark-skinned people in...
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
A while back we featured a random photograph of Indian photographer Mahesh Shantaram (I think Achal Prabhala got me onto Mahesh’s work). Email contact led to me asking him if we could post some of his “Addis...
Monday, October 3rd, 2011
Not Your Parents’ Music
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In Praise of Jeffrey Gettleman’s Pu...
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The Radio Kalahari Orkes
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The most heard phrase on the street...
11 Jul 2011 at 12:00 pm
Woman of the Year
20 Dec 2012 at 3:00 am
“This is My Route!” Race, Entitleme...
15 Oct 2012 at 1:00 am
The New York Times goes to Zimbabwe...
13 Jun 2012 at 9:08 am
All Black Everything: Big Frizzle’s...
14 Sep 2012 at 11:00 am
What has Steve Bantu Biko got to do...
31 Mar 2013 at 11:00 am
