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After #MuseveniDecides
This past week Edward Ssebuwufu opened his Friday evening radio show his usual music, a Ugandan pop song simply titled “…
Between Rwanda and Mandela
I recently reread “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness,” the famous lecture given by the late Chin…
Will Chikungunya be the Media’s New Ebola?
Chikungunya is a virus transmitted by a mosquito bite. There is currently no vaccine, or cure for it, other than letting…
Making Sure We Give Credit Where It’s Due in the Ebola Outbreak
As a brutal year comes to an end in the West African countries that are fighting Ebola, it’s important to take a moment …
The Gambia Gambit
“Everybody who is written about has an image of what he will look like on the printed page. He is always disappointed,” …
The A to Z of Kenyan Twitter
“Twitter is going to change Kenya!” I declared in my presentation. We’d just set up a “Twitterfall” behind me, glo…
The Malian Crisis and the Disproportionate Focus on Manuscripts
Years of humanitarian and political emergencies in the Western Sahel—including ongoing food and water shortages, secessi…
Cape Town, Segregation, & Hip Hop
For a city that is largely thought of as the birthplace of South African hip hop, Cape Town could be further than it cur…
It’s just like Africa!
Linda de Mol is enormously popular in The Netherlands. She hosts tv game shows, even has her own talk show, speaks Germa…