One of the most remarkable protest acts in Zimbabwe in 2016 was a little-publicized act…
Tag: religion
Black Magic Women – Ancient, new, and circum-Atlantic
Before we hear her commanding voice, we feel her power buffeting two bible-carrying pastors who’ve…
Hip Hop And Religion
Off the whim, I asked Kwanele Sosibo if he’d be interested in contributing to the series.…
On the ‘white man’ comment by Israel’s Interior Minister
A muted response in the blogosphere persuaded me to write about Israeli interior minister Eli…
Nigeria's Prophet
By now you’ve probably watched the (British) Channel 4 TV documentary film about Nigeria’s millionaire…
The White Man's Burden
This does not get old. The trailer for the new film “Machine Gun Preacher.”
Ramadan Kareem
Though it remains to be seen what political, economic and social changes will happen (if…
Tartan Army
Kathleen Madden, in Artforum, on Zwelethu Mthethwa's 2010 series "The Braves Ones," showing through July…
Everyone's an African
Brett Davidson Regional lobby group, the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA), has…
'The Religion of the Contemporary West'
Regis Debray wrote a critique of ‘Human Rights.’ Here’s a summary of Debray’s argument by Jacob…