Africa Is a Country

Office Talk No.1

Office Talk No.1

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Africa is a Country

Black Thought, Boots Riley (of the Coup), Jeru da Damaja, Dead Prez, Talib Kweli, and others at Pan African Market, Long Street, Cape Town, 2001 [Chimurenga].

Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero slaps Nairobi Women Rep Rachel Shebesh in front of cameras [Grafix TV]*

Jay Z: The African Way [DJ PAPERCUTT]

Making Tracks: Chicago Footwork  [Thump]

I’m an Alien [Rebel Diaz]

Born Free [Village Voice]

How the World Answered the March on Washington [PRI The World]

Follow that bird [Globe and Mail]

Moroccan Brides [African Digital Art]

A baffling silence on the long tail of Apartheid corruption [Business Day]

Liverpool fan left with red face after getting misspelled Kolo Toure tattoo [Metro]

Southie St. Patrick’s Day breakfast slugfest begins early [Boston Globe]

* Some Kenyans thought it would be funny to start a #SlapThemLikeKidero hashtag on Twitter.

Further Reading

Not exactly at arm’s length

Despite South Africa’s ban on arms exports to Israel and its condemnation of Israel’s actions in Palestine, local arms companies continue to send weapons to Israel’s allies and its major arms suppliers.

Ruto’s Kenya

Since June’s anti-finance bill protests, dozens of people remain unaccounted for—a stark reminder of the Kenyan state’s long history of abductions and assassinations.

Between Harlem and home

African postcolonial cinema serves as a mirror, revealing the limits of escape—whether through migration or personal defiance—and exposing the tensions between dreams and reality.

The real Rwanda

The world is slowly opening its eyes to how Paul Kagame’s regime abuses human rights, suppresses dissent, and exploits neighboring countries.

In the shadow of Mondlane

After a historic election and on the eve of celebrating fifty years of independence, Mozambicans need to ask whether the values, symbols, and institutions created to give shape to “national unity” are still legitimate today.

À sombra de Mondlane

Depois de uma eleição histórica e em vésperas de celebrar os 50 anos de independência, os moçambicanos precisam de perguntar se os valores, símbolos e instituições criados para dar forma à “unidade nacional” ainda são legítimos hoje.