We are exploring the culture and history of the World Cup for the next month while the tournament goes on.
‘Any way possible’
A Kenyan football fan reflects on a lifetime of World Cup finals.
When Cameroon’s players convinced themselves they could not win
The reason why African teams struggle in the World Cup has everything to do with colonialism.
Senegalese pitch dreams
Football in Senegal is magic. That the team has qualified for their second World Cup, heightens the joy.
Why hasn’t an African nation won the World Cup?
Until African officials stop lining their pockets and instead identify and develop the best young talent the continent has, an African nation winning the World Cup will remain elusive.
Senegal’s jersey
The Senegalese football jersey is a powerful symbol of nationhood and independence.
Africa No Filter
A reflection on police brutality in Nigeria on the anniversary of the death of the 'Apo Six.'
For decades, Big Men in different forms have had their day in Africa, and have forced us to celebrate it. It's time for a change.
Culture
Imagining the South African Indian
How do you tell a different story of Indians in South Africa, one that shatters long-held and reproduced stereotypes?
The descent of our fathers
A remembrance for Father’s Day.
Is this Nigeria?
A group of esteemed Nigerian thinkers come together and chat about rapper Falz’s take on the viral “This Is…” video meme.
This is democracy, political hysteria
Why has Childish Gambino’s “This is America” video resonated with so many people around the world?
Revolutionary intellectuals
History will reward those thinkers whose ideals and actions remained aligned with the people.
Africa is a Radio
In INTL BLK episode 5, deejays Chief Boima and Francesca Harding take a look at race and cultural difference in Latin America through the lens of trap music.
Digital Africa
How business news shapes Africa’s image
A study of Reuters suggests news media is not a simple mirror to the world: News content is a crafted, cultural product.
Where the social is political
If media claims to be a tool for deepening democracy and development in Africa, why is it necessary for protesters to resort to burning and barricading?
‘Going out’ – China in African media
China is developing a media footprint in Africa, via providing digital TV services and a global news channel.
If data is the answer, what are the African questions?
Having learnt from years of extolling “technological revolution,” isn’t it time we ask the right question(s) about data in Africa?
Politics
It’s time to end the CFA franc
For true independence for France’s former colonies in Africa, it is imperative that the current CFA franc monetary system end.
Who gets to define borders?
What will the renewed land debate in South Africa mean for the border woes of neighbors such as Lesotho?
Reconsidering France’s role in the Rwandan genocide
It is worth revisiting the context for the mass killings, how historians have studied it since and casting a revisionist eye.
Cameroon on the brink
Paul Biya’s inability to address the crisis in the country’s Anglophone region is pushing the nation to the brink.
The Ebola refugees
Has migration policy reckoned with epidemics like Ebola?