George Bush and Nicholas Kristof’s Hunger Games
We hope the “women of Africa,” who are being discovered yet again, appreciate all the good work being done for them.
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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.
What is going in Egypt?
Is this Egypt’s second revolution, a military coup, or an agglomeration of both (“Democratic Coup”, anyone)? And then there’s the media noise.
The only black jockey in the race
S’manga Khumalo is the first black jockey to win South Africa’s richest horse race.
This man is Afrikaans
On a visit to Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second city, academic Herman Wasserman gets reminded of home and how people perceive him.
Nelson Mandela is around like never before
Mandela’s significance can be understood through his ability to concede that the concept of the post-apartheid could not be entrusted to messianism or figureheads.
Linda Ikeji should drop the homophobia
On Linda Ikeji’s blog it’s all good fun until the gay-baiting begins.
There will be no hiding place
The UK government is now openly tweeting its contempt for people of color.
Three Books on Nelson Mandela
The American public radio network, NPR, asked me, in anticipation of Nelson Mandela’s birthday, to recommend 3 books its listeners could read on his life and legacy.
After the World Cup is gone
The book, “Africa’s World Cup,” is a valuable source for thinking more deeply about the meanings and legacies of the 2010 edition of the competition hosted in South Africa.
The Zebras of Northern Nigeria
The guy in the picture is Abubakar Suleiman, a 15 year-old Boston student whose hobbies apparently include
My Favorite Photographs N°17: Thina Zibi
Thina Zibi demonstrates with her images the incredible innovation evident in contemporary South African design and style.
Summer Reading List
What are some Africa Is a Country editors and contributors reading during their northern hemisphere summer break?
Barack Obama’s “Power Africa”
Obama’s energy program for Africa, risks appearing tentative and small-bore, like much of the administration’s Africa policy.
Whose “new African writing”?
Finding more multilingual literary pathways will benefit all of African—and world—literatures.
An environmental calamity
The South African photographer Gideon Mendel’s images of people affected by flooding in seven sites, including Nigeria.
Weekend Music Break 44
Here's your weekly round-up of new videos and tunes to get the weekend started. First up,
Autonomy in Barcelona
The story of the Mount Zion community, largely made up of West African men collecting scrap metal all over Barcelona.
A history of violence
This is the second in a 3 part series of posts on sexual violence against women, focuses on the campaign strategies of groups led by men who fight gender-based violence.
The ZAM Chronicle: an online investigative magazine on and from Africa
This month sees the launch of The ZAM Chronicle, a new monthly online investigative magazine with
The responsibility of media to women
Most men in South Africa share the same ideas about manhood that fuel assaults against women. The media should keep the spotlight on that.