The sound of revolt
On his third album, Afro-Portuguese artist Scúru Fitchádu fuses ancestral wisdom with urban revolt, turning memory and militancy into a soundtrack for resistance.
Portugal
O som da revolta
No seu terceiro álbum, o artista afro-português Scúru Fitchádu funde a sabedoria ancestral com a revolta urbana, transformando memória e militância em uma trilha sonora para a resistência.
What Portugal forgets
In the film 'Tales of Oblivion,' Dulce Fernandes excavates the buried history of slavery in Portugal, challenging a national mythology built on sea voyages, silence, and selective memory.
Quando Portugal esquece
Em 'Contos do Esquecimento,' Dulce Fernandes desenterrou histórias esquecidas da escravidão em Portugal, desafiando uma mitologia nacional construída sobre viagens marítimas, silêncio e memória seletiva.
Late nights in Lisboa
In our final episode of "Clubbing on the Continent," Africa Is a Country Radio heads to Lisbon, Portugal.
Angola’s backyard revolution
This month on AIAC Radio we talk with Marissa Moorman and Paulo Flores to see how a music culture born in the quintals of Luanda helped birth a nation. Listen on Worldwide FM.
The strange case of Portugal’s returnees
White settler returnees to Portugal in 1975, and the history of decolonization, can help us understand the complicated category of refugee.
What do the Portuguese make of Cristiano Ronaldo?
With the passing of the legendary Mozambican-born Eusébio in 2014, Ronaldo is now the undisputed face of Portuguese soccer.
The Empire Strikes Back
Or how Africa won Euro 2016 for Portugal.
Interview with Nidia Minaj: The multi-influenced teenage producer making noise in Lisbon’s vibrant Afro-electronic music scene
Anyone who has been paying attention to the global electronic dance music scene knows that there’s an
A Short History of the Slave Trade in Nigeria
A public service as a response to Nigeria's removal of history from its school curriculum
When Salazar met one of Lumumba’s murderers
António Oliveira Salazar founded Portugal’s New State dictatorship in 1933. Some Portuguese still remember him fondly.
The Black Panther
Before Eusebio, it was unthinkable for a European national team to be dominated by or build around players of African origin.
Democracy is the Best Form of Democracy
Conceiving of the relationship between public space and positions of power as a hall of mirrors.
Hip as Nationalist Project
Kuduru as an effort by politically connected Angolan elites to to package a fun and edgy dance born in Angola as soft power.
Mozambique versus Spain
African fans retain a surprising affection for old colonizers when it comes to international tournaments. Mozambique is no exception.
Reverse Colonization
How the economic crisis in Portugal has sent the Portuguese to the shores of former colonies in search of employment.
Introducing Angolan singer Aline Frazão
Aline Frazão resists Lisbon media's pigeon-holing practices of post-colonial Portuguese paternalism.
Translating Angola
Why are certain kinds of war stories embraced by critics and go on to find an international audience, while other finely written stories do not?
'The Journey'
New track and video, above, for “O Caminho” (The Journey) by London-based rappers Mohammed Yahya (b.