Homophobia and hatred in Cameroon
Cameroon prosecutes people for consensual same-sex conduct more aggressively than almost any country in the world.
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Jonathan Duncan
Jonathan Duncan is a writer and designer living in London.
Before And After The Disco
The self-titled debut album of Ibibio Sound Machine, features songs mostly in the southern Nigerian language of lead vocalist, Eno Williams.
Somali first, Muslim second, gay third
The melodic world alive in the work of Somali author Diriye Osman.
Diagnosing the World’s Mental Health
Journalists are still keen to prod the soft spot of their readers’ insecurities around mental illness, with the fear mongering undertone of ‘it could happen to you.’
Rethinking mental illness
The diagnostic parameters need to be completely overhauled as they embody a Western mode of understanding which itself is culturally bound.
No one ever finishes anything, we just stop
In Alain Gomis’s “Tey’, ‘Aujourd’hui,” a man lives the last day of his life.
When China Met Africa
An exploration of China’s presence in Zambia, including suspicion, tensions and possibilities for collaboration.
If dolls never die, neither does their past
The artist Gérard Quenum’s work suggest that society’s collective bad parenting and maltreatment cannot ever, completely ransack the spirit.
Cargoland
Romuald Hazoumé reminds us that like the perishing oil reserves being plumbed in Africa and around the world, water may soon also be fiercely fought over.
Binyavanga’s writing out of depression
Writing on depression in Africa is a rarity, so Binyavanga Wainaina’s book, “One Day I Will Write About This Place,” seems singular.
#Kony2012 and British media
A review of UK media coverage of the viral politics of the misguided #Kony2012 social media campaign.