Morocco’s ‘African’ identity
It will be Moroccans overseas that will give Gnawa music and culture an extra push towards the center of Morocco’s cultural identity.
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Ladan Osman
Ladan Osman is the author of Exiles of Eden (2019) and The Kitchen-Dweller’s Testimony (2015). She lives in Brooklyn.
A reflection from being on the inside of the South African badvertising industry
One of the things you must accept when you work in the advertising industry is that
George Houser: US ally of African liberation struggles
An ally of a who’s who of revolutionaries like Patrice Lumumba, Amilcar Cabral, Oliver Tambo, and Kenneth Kaunda.
The holy fire that burns in the home
An interview with Richard Pakleppa, director of ‘Paths To Freedom’, a film on Namibian liberation.
Open Stellenbosch aims to move its fight beyond campus boundaries
Over the last few months students in South Africa have called for the decolonisation of institutions
Ride with Malitia Malimob
Rapper Chino’o talks about everything from immigration to police brutality in the U.S., and the future of Somalia.
Colombia, the peace process and a historic handshake
This transition from conflict to post-conflict represents a different approach to solve the underlying causes that gave raise to Colombia’s violence.
The World Bank has a terrible memory
Writing from afar plus writing with sun glasses that are heavily tainted with ideology is dangerous.
How to make sense of the coup in Burkina Faso
A list of articles to read, twitter accounts to follow, blogs to bookmarked to make sense of the ever evolving situation in Burkina Faso.
Weekend Music Break No.84
Whether you're watching a game, having a drink with friends, or even getting some work in,
Thirteen propositions
President Michel Kafando is back in charge in Burkina Faso, but now what?
The Young Lords In New York Exhibit: A timely and provocative look at a political movement
In 1970, a young man of color who was a member of a radical group was
The tale of a state in limbo
Borderlines (2015) is Michela Wrong’s debut novel. Taking the perspective of a British narrator named Paula, it
A Luta Continua
In what is a victory for media freedom, a Mozambican judge rules it is “perfectly acceptable in a democracy” to criticize your leaders.
Losing London
Ishtiyaq Shukri writes about his deportation from London’s Heathrow airport in July 2015.
Ghana Takes The Apollo
We arrived at the Apollo Theater to see hiplife superstar Sarkodie at 7:00 p.m., an hour
Awkward is the New Black
Our short film of the creator and star of “Awkward Black Girl,” Issa Rae, whose father is Senegalese and mother is African American and who spent part of her childhood in Dakar.
Broken beat in the Durban underground
The Gqom sound runs the gamut of township flavor until it teases Afro-house and eThekwini (Durban) groove without fully admitting to its Kwaito influence.
Why Should Colonialists be the Centre?
The Algerian novelist, Kamel Daoud, gives a name and a history to Albert Camus’s “The Stranger.”
Between the Volcano and the Tyrant
Political dissent erupts in Ecuador as President Rafael Correa turns on the indigenous and poor people.