El Chapo’s New Escape
El Chapo is already a cartoon that has too much literature. Just like the Mexican government has too much corruption.
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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.
Lagos, the city of divides
Lagos, is the only city in Nigeria worthy of being described as a human potpourri. No
In Morocco, a judge agrees: #mettre_une_robe_ nest_pas_un_crime
Yesterday, in Inezgane, south of Agadir, on the southern part of Morocco’s Atlantic Ocean coast, a
The cultural question
The Basotho people must have a stake in the production and distribution of their culture.
History will break your heart
An interview – captured on film – with Cape Town-born artist Kemang Wa Lehulere about his work.
Five things that can’t be ignored about development photography
Here’s two: Cultivate solidarity, not pity. And, showing suffering should be specific. Study up.
Buying, Swapping and Selling domestic workers
The blinding privilege of South Africa’s ‘white’ middle and upper class which has found new means of subjugation: online community groups.
What you need to know about #free15Angolans
For one, their original crime: Gathering as a book club and reading the books ‘From Dictatorship to Democracy’ and ‘Tools to Destroy a Dictator and Avoid a New Dictatorship.’
Arthur Ashe and the Military Coup
In 1976, the American tennis star, Arthur Ashe, went to play in a tennis tournament in Lagos and promptly found himself in the middle of a coup by Nigeria’s military.
Weekend Music Break No.80
Africa is a Country is now on Break for the weekend, so here is some Music
The Cape Town Beat Scene
Ts’eliso Monaheng meets with Cape Town’s beatmakers, including the celebrated jazz bassist, Shane Cooper, known as Card on Spokes.
For Love of God
In the work of the novelist, Okey Ndibe, the influences of the United States, especially that everything is available for a price, is everywhere in Nigeria.
Germany’s new scramble for Africa?
Germany’s military shift represents the country’s belated entry into a “colonial present.“
What can Africans learn from the Greek crisis?
I asked African and Africanist thinkers and commentators what they make of Syriza’s approach to dealing with creditors and what wider connections they can draw to our conditions.
Flying to Frankfurt with a Super Eagle
The author writes about a fleeting encounter with the former captain of Nigeria’s national football team, Sunday Oliseh.
The Dream is Free
A documentary film follows basketball Serge Ibaka on his return to the country of his birth, The Republic of Congo.
A more complete narrative about global hip hop
An interview with documentary filmmaker, Adam Sjöberg, on the choices he made for his film, “Shake the Dust,” about documentary.
Morocco joins the miniskirt wars
In Morocco, the real story is once more that of women organizing, pushing back and pushing forward, creating new spaces precisely where others try to shut them down.
New Music Series #RespecTheProducer – Battlekat On Working With Flabba
This article is part of a series of articles on music producers throughout the African continent
Weekend Music Break No.79
An abbreviated music break for the weekend of July 4th, 2015: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLseDnIPw8h8I7z-xv9TnRXEurFQBKTI6b Joey B and