Malinese rapper Amkoullel gets some help from Pap G and Young Keitch in his “battle between good and evil.” The track itself is so-so, but it did remind us we should soon write a post about the increasing use of sci-fi and horror elements in (fairly) recent music videos and films — which would include Matthew Jankes’s Umkhungo, Niyi Akinmolayan’s Kajola and Jean-Pierre Bekolo’s Les Saignants, amongst others.
Is there a future for industrialization on the African continent?
The ruling regime in Eritrea manipulates news and information to gain total control over its citizens.
History will reward those thinkers whose ideals and actions remained aligned with the people.
Israeli propaganda in Ghana, and elsewhere in Africa, is aimed especially at evangelical Christians.
On The New York Times’ tone deaf essays portraying the Nigerian women who managed to escape Boko Haram’s captivity.
More than a decade after his first hit, Wanlov the Kubolor remains a fiercely creative, independent and critical deconstructor of all things commercial.
President Jacob Zuma oversaw a rise in political violence across all sectors of South African society.
On Mother’s Day — a dedication to hardscrabble mothers.
Reporting on protests in poor communities where the mainstream media lacks, social media picks up the slack. This isn’t always a good thing.
In post-uprising Tunisia, the western backed military is hampering the country’s transition to democracy.
Wolof-centered television may be a beacon of hope for Senegal’s waning cinema culture.
Nigeria’s young, rich and glamorous are the Trojan Horse for the pains of neoliberalism.
Private education companies have sought to cash in on the development game.
Artists played central roles in the protest movement that ended dictatorship in Burkina Faso.
New Warscapes volume explores travels and lives of migrants and refugees beyond mainstream portrayals.
On International Workers’ Day, we provide a sweeping assessment of the strengths, weaknesses and potential of African trade unions.
Historian Jeffrey Ahlman talks with Dan Magaziner about Nkrumahism’s shifting forms, and its influence on contemporary decolonization movements.
We have a new co-host for the INTL BLK show. Francesca Harding joins Chief Boima for the fourth episode recorded in Los Angeles, California. Our guest is Angolan media personality and activist Mel Gamboa.
A study of Reuters suggests news media is not a simple mirror to the world: News content is a crafted, cultural product.
China is developing a media footprint in Africa, via providing digital TV services and a global news channel.