The new “Africa Rising” narrative propagated largely by a globally-connected middle and upper class diaspora, often obscures the grittier stories of the African immigrant experience. This is partly due to an instinct among African immigrants to want to counter the history of one-dimensional and negative portrayals of both Africa and immigrants in the mainstream Western media. While […]
In early March 2010, members of H-Net Africa, an academic listserv, received a posting from one Moshe Terdman announcing the launch of a new blog called “Islam in Africa Watch.” Terdman claimed that “the knowledge about Islam in Africa is lacking” and his blog would “shed light on this important issue.” He also announced that […]
Has Wole Soyinka lost the plot? Today “The Guardian” published a hysterical interview with Africa’s first Nobel literature winner, where he accused British Muslims of all being terrorists and then unfavorably compared them to the American Nation of Islam. The latter he describes as “a kind of mainstream Muslim institution.” He also goes on about how […]
