Dreadlocked Rapunzel
The struggle to Africanize folktales that have been thought of as “owned” by rigid European narratives and European aesthetic expectations.
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Miguna Miguna
Miguna Miguna is a Kenyan activist and lawyer.
Pretoria’s Forgotten Hip-Hop Scene
In 2010, documentary filmmaker Sara Chitambo packed up five years’ worth of life in Cape Town
Black Europe and Body Politics
The collective BE.BOP works to introduce a decolonial way of thinking about the visual arts in Europe and Africa.
Thank You, Associated Press
We published "Neymar and the Disappearing Donkey" (to coincide with the World Cup in Brazil) on
The African Lion Hunt
Some young Danes thought they’d have some fun with colonialism.
Israel and the asylum seekers
If Israel doesn’t send asylum seekers back to the countries they fled from, it deports them to “third countries.”
Noura Mint Seymali goes global
The meticulous engagement by Noura Mint Seymali with the history of her country Mauritania, the current global music landscape, and her own personal journey as a musician.
Taking Blackface to Court
What the Amsterdam court ruling against blackface figure Zwarte Piet really means.
Brazilians are used to this
The Mexican writer Alma Guillermoprieto declared this World Cup "the best ever." Few can disagree. A
Africa is a Radio: Episode #4 – World Cup Special!
We're shortening the name of Africa is a Country Radio. From now on (save for when we slip
Guerilla-core or militant image? On Göran Olsson’s ‘Concerning Violence’
How do you tell a story about African liberation through the lens of an outsider? Concerning Violence:
Algeria in Queens, New York
Watching the World Cup match between Algeria vs Germany in one of New York City’s most diverse boroughs.
The World of Ridiculous Youtube Music Videos: First Bangs, then Ice JJ Fish, Kwality, now Berenice
Singing or rapping off key in an expensive or sometime low budget music video is now
Vivian Maier’s 100,000 Photographs
Except for the people that saw her take pictures, nobody else knew what the Chicago street photographer did and very little was known of her.
This Studio Of A Life–Portraits Of Rappers And Producers
I can’t recall when I first fell in love with hip-hop, but I do know that
Dear Ann Coulter …
Ann Coulter, an American columnist who makes Richard Littlejohn and Donald Rumsfeld look like easy-going lefties,
The problem with mainstream hip hop
What does AKA adds to the conversation about rap music in South Africa?
Searching for Brenda Fassie
Tseliso Monaheng and Kagiso Mnisi speak to the editor of an edited book about South African pop star, Brenda Fassie: “I’m Not Your Weekend Special.”
You hardly hear about his country in Tumi’s music
Though hip-hop aficionados rate them as one of the best hip-hop outfits this country has ever produced, Tumi and the Volume are largely invsible in local media.
As American as Apple Pie
No, soccer is not invading the United States. It’s been here all along.