Keep eyes on Sudan
The indifference towards Sudan's suffering can be traced to a disturbing pattern deeply rooted in antiblackness.
The indifference towards Sudan's suffering can be traced to a disturbing pattern deeply rooted in antiblackness.
Press freedom under President João Lourenço is in bad shape.
A precariedade da liberdade de imprensa em Angola sob o mandato do presidente João Lourenço.
How might a longer view of African art-making affect our understanding of what counts as art, text, and authorship?
Many know Frene Ginwala, the iconic anti-apartheid activist, as democratic South Africa’s first speaker of parliament. But few know of her time building pan-African media in Dar Es Salaam.
The age of the podcasters as thought leaders—think #PodcastandChill and The Hustlers Corner—is upon us.
Magaisa, who died this month, set agendas, and demanded the highest standards from the political and intellectual classes in Zimbabwe.
Two tourists take a package trip to visit the Hadza people in Tanzania and are so jazzed with what they see, they make a podcast about it. What could go wrong?
The Afropolitics of one of the characters, Sam Obisanya, makes the second season of TV series "Ted Lasso" even better than the first.
The tendency of Western commentators to dress up African tragedies in the patronizing logic of relativism.
To undo the misrepresentation of women of color in global media, we need a historically grounded solidarity.
Today's social movements rely on tech collectives to organize safely. But few know the history of other technologies used by earlier liberation movements.
Tracing the digital contours of the settler colony helps us understand how old inequalities will shape a future with artificial intelligence.
Fatma Alloo (of the Tanzania Media Women's Association) on how women used the media and cultural spaces to organize and challenge gender norms.
The legend of Nelson Mandela was built years before his lengthy jail sentence catapulted him to global fame.
Western media coverage of Ethiopia’s political crisis turns a blind eye to the grassroots movement behind the protests.
The "Africa needs help" vs. "No! Africa can teach you lessons!" is tiring. Other than benefiting a few pundits, are we deriving any value from it?
The French philosopher and TV personality favors spectacle over analysis. The result: we don't make sense of political violence in Nigeria.
Is western media’s mostly individualized focus on the Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine helpful to his movement?