Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
The big kick-off is nearly upon us. Just 11 months after that extraordinary Zambian triumph in Libreville, starting Saturday we have another month of football ahead as Africa’s top teams (and South Africa, there as hosts) fight it out to be Champions of Africa. We’ll be covering the tournament more intensively this time around, in
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
My brother, Karim, does a guest post on Mohamed Aboutrika, the 2008 BBC African Footballer of the Year, and arguably one of Egypt's greatest players as well as a hero off the field. He announced his...
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
On Wednesday, after Al Masry beat Al Ahly 3-1, attackers armed with knives and clubs stormed the pitch. Whether the armed crowds were only Al Masry Ultras or not is still being debated–after all, why attack the...
Music Break
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Looking Back on FESPACO 2013
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Blitz The Ambassador Speaks
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Holy Breaching Whales!
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On the ‘white man’ comment by Israe...
12 Sep 2012 at 9:00 am
Dutch writer to Italian newspaper: ...
20 Feb 2013 at 9:00 am
Shameless Self Promotion
12 Dec 2011 at 3:30 pm
Zanele Muholi’s “Mo(u)rning” | Exh...
7 Sep 2012 at 10:50 am
Why does South African history cont...
29 Nov 2012 at 9:30 am
