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Friday, December 21st, 2012

Social Media in Africa’s Revolutions

I recently visited the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art (better known by its acronym MoCADA) in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn to view its current exhibition: NEWSFEED: Anonymity & Social Media in African Revolutions and Beyond. Running through January 20, the exhibition is part of a larger curatorial series with satellite exhibitions at the nearby 2AC

Friday, May 18th, 2012

The Unfinished Revolutions

What is the nature of the Arab Revolution? Why did it start and where is it headed? Most important, what is the potential for the emergence of new forms of political democracy, social equality, and regional autonomy...

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Tunisian Coke

The Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) kicked off on Saturday, and things are already getting pretty interesting. Tunisia have beaten Morocco 2-1 last night. With Morocco being one of the favorites in the tournament, the win was...

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

Eating Staten Island Crow

New Orleans-based historian Thomas J. Adams on Occupy Wall Street:

Monday, October 17th, 2011

“A writer in a revolution”

Friday, February 4th, 2011

’50 Pounds and a Chicken’

NEWSWEEK ‘s Christopher Dickey chats with the octogenarian author and activist who refused to go home when protests in Cairo turned violent .