The African Champions League Final
The Juventus team of Ghana’s Kwadwo Asamoah, Italy’s Angelo Ogbonna and the French pair Patrice Evra and Paul Pogba.
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Elliot Ross
Elliot Ross is a former editorial board member of Africa is a Country.
Are corrupt Africans really ruining FIFA?
Of course football administrators in predominantly white countries that aren’t Africa have no interest at all in “looking after” their families.
Why rapper Akala is good for TV
When the rapper Akala called out Britain’s racism on Frankie Boyle’s show.
Britain’s Racist Election
In Britain in 2015, racism is being used to dismantle the consensus on the welfare state, and to undo the greatest achievement of British democracy.
African Cup of Nations memories
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The Invisible Children Highlight Reel
Nine conclusions we can draw from the hype machine that was the viral advocacy campaign, Kony 2012.
A question of competency
A very short introduction to Peter Mutharika, Malawi’s new President.
The Black Manager
Can you name at least ten at least 10 black football managers who are in charge of club teams in the top leagues; and by top we mean Europe.
The Black Panther
Before Eusebio, it was unthinkable for a European national team to be dominated by or build around players of African origin.
Who will make the great Sankara biopic?
We don’t want to see a film about what might have been, however seductive that aspect of Burkina Faso’s history is. But what was achieved.
Palestine scores
European football officials may have missed it, but Palestine already scored several goals in this season’s UEFA Champions League.
There will be no hiding place
The UK government is now openly tweeting its contempt for people of color.
Our colonial torturers
Even after the Mau Mau case the British will never stop kidding themselves about the crimes of empire.
Can African Heads of State speak
Why when African leaders meet Barack Obama, they are received in groups (unlike all other heads of state) and rarely get to speak?
Nigeria’s National Anthem
Did Nigeria’s now-President allegedly take $1m from a state government anti-poverty fund to allegedly bring Beyonce and Jay-Z to Nigeria in 2006?
Futbol Is a Country
We want to present a more global, postcolonial (for want for a better word) take on world football.
Consuming Africa
If the image of the starving black child has been deemed obsolete, then so has the Western “we” that claimed so much power for itself in the late 1980s.
The Danger of a Single TED Talk
Africa isn’t a brand and we find the clamor for “positive news” from Africa inane and condescending.
The Invisible Christians
A big part of the story that is being missed about Invisible Children is that they’re firmly rooted in Evangelical Christianity.
A miserable fraud
The power to choose on social media who is to be the next target of America’s moral manhunt, all with the benediction of a panel of biddable celebrities.