How business news shapes Africa’s image

• Dr. Mel Bunce

A study of Reuters suggests the news media is not a simple mirror to the world. News content is a crafted, cultural product.

‘Going out’ – China in African media

• Dani Madrid-Morales

China is developing a growing footprint in Africa, via providing digital TV services and a global news channel.

Where the social is political

• Herman Wasserman

If data is the answer, what are the African questions?

• David Cheruiyot

Having learnt from years of extolling “technological revolution,” isn’t it time we ask the right question(s) about data in Africa?

Hack, make, sell

• Chuma Asuzu
• Seyram Avle

How to change the erroneous perception of Africa as technology backwater. Go look, for example, at what the “Maker Movement” is doing in Ghana and Nigeria.

The Economic Fighters League is reigniting Ghana’s anti-colonial legacy

• Joeva Rock

As Ghana moves forward with its US military agreement, one groups seeks to challenge the country’s political direction.

Another socialist party in Zambia

• Keith Hamusute

In the unpredictable game of Zambian presidential politics, will the new Socialist Party win a chance to prove that it is different?

National Geographic’s mea culpa isn’t enough

• William G. Moseley

A deeply colonial institution, with a shameful history, struggles to reinvent itself.

All the colors of jam

• Naledi Yaziyo

I had told many half-truths before, but those little lies were cute compared to this, the first time I told a big lie.

The importance of reading ‘Khwezi: The Remarkable Story of Fezeka Ntsukela Kuzwayo’

• Sisonke Msimang

The Jacob Zuma years were especially damaging for re-introducing South Africans to political leaders who did not fear shame.

Discourse on colonialism

• Philip Janzen

Today marks ten years since Aimé Césaire’s death. What would he have thought about the state of the former French colonies today?

No more caricatures

• Sean Jacobs

Engaging seriously with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s life could help us understand how South Africa got where it is and where it’s going.

Sounds of wisdom

• Thembi Mutch

The Sauti za Busara festival in Zanzibar aims to show that music is much more than a collection of tunes.

Winnie Mandela and the people’s doctor

• Jon Soske

The murder of Abu Asvat has clouded Winnie Mandela’s legacy. Their deep friendship symbolized what could have been in the struggle for freedom.

The double consciousness of Paul Gilroy

• Sindre Bangstad

Striving to be both European and black requires some specific forms of double consciousness — Paul Gilroy in The Black Atlantic.

Unthinking refugee studies

• Keren Weitzberg

What use are academic categories when they reinforce conservative concepts scholars seek to challenge?

You strike a woman, you strike a rock

• Michael J Braun

Does Julius Malema’s EFF in South Africa do better by its local party machinery–especially its women officials–than the ANC

What is Uber up to in Africa?

• Camilla Houeland

Uber’s usual tricks — to provoke price wars in an attempt to increase their share of markets, evade taxes, and undermine workers’ rights — are alive and well in Africa.

Set the world on fire

• Keisha Blain

How black women shaped black nationalist and internationalist movements in the twentieth century US.

Action on land reform lags behind debate in South Africa

• Ben Cousins

Land reform dominates public debate in South Africa. But it comes with a lack of data and a clear policy.