People are going to know who Bob Hewitt is
Bob Hewitt migrated from Australia to apartheid South Africa. There he became a champion in white tennis. He is also accused of abusing children whose families trusted him as their tennis coach.
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How not to study sexualized violence in the DRC
Excerpt from a post Maria Hengeveld wrote over at Dan Moshenberg's work blog Women In and
Have some sympathy for the poor suffering bosses
Miners at multinational Lonmin platinum mine at Marikana in Rustenburg, South Africa, speaking to (South African)
Winter Reading List
A sample of Africa Is a Country editors and contributors list the books keeping them warm this winter.
White Dictators
Here’s a list of white dictators, including real world ones, who were either African or operated on the continent.
Linda Ikeji should drop the homophobia
On Linda Ikeji’s blog it’s all good fun until the gay-baiting begins.
Summer Reading List
What are some Africa Is a Country editors and contributors reading during their northern hemisphere summer break?
S is for Samora Machel
We asked about a dozen Africa Is a Country contributors what their favorite books of 2012 were. Here are their picks.
Township Life Has Never Looked So Glam
Solange Knowles is the second major UK or American artist to shoot a music video in Cape Town in so many months.
The New York Times goes to Zimbabwe
American media should focus on the real political struggles in Zimbabwe and not think that the government of national unity has brought Zimbabwe out of a period of violent political conflict.
Yinka Shonibare’s National Treasure
The ever-well-informed African Art in London announced this week that Yinka Shonibare's contribution to the fourth plinth of
An interview with the makers of ‘Quel Souvenir,’ a film about an oil pipeline between Chad and Cameroon
Twelve years after ground was first broken on an oil pipeline between Chad and Cameroon, the
Swazi Bull
Politics, repression, religion, exile, tradition and mysticism in Swaziland, Southern Africa’s last absolute monarchy.
Ghanaians like sex too much to be homophobic
Kwame Anthony Appiah, the Ghanaian philosopher, talks about coming out as gay.
This is Freedom: The Mandela Reality TV Show
Nelson and Winnie Mandela’s descendants fought apartheid for the right to make a reality TV show and South Africans fought for the right see it.
Mandela in X-Large
We were hoping it would not come to this: The Nelson Mandela Foundation has launched an