Ayn Rand in South Africa
In its current form libertarianism and its worship of the market is utterly irrelevant to South Africa.
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Miguna Miguna
Miguna Miguna is a Kenyan activist and lawyer.
Mozambique’s Pandza Music
A digital, more lo-fi interpretation of local Marrabenta mixed with dancehall and hip-hop, combined with a mid-tempo, laid-back vibe.
Confronting Afrikaners’ cultural masochism
The frustration or inability to establish an identity that is free of hegemonic constructed myth – that ceases to be at odds with current reality.
A black boy with blue eyes
Introducing the South African writer, K. Sello Duiker’s novel ‘Thirteen Cents’ to US audiences.
Why didn’t the New York Times publish the exposé they commissioned of virulent racism against Africans in Israel?
We've written plenty on this blog about the worsening levels of violent racism against Africans in
From Kansas to Kampala
The plague of evangelical Christianity and its role in fueling homophobia in African countries like Uganda.
Thierry Henry is bored
“Thierry Henry 1:1” is proof of what happens when the marketing men make films about football.
Aimé Césaire is a country
Aimé Césaire was one of the greatest poets of the last century. His writing was so
As the cliche goes, there are only 3 things that an African child can be
We could call this: The Afro-Trifecta, if you will. They are a lawyer, some sort of
The African New Wave
Weekend Music Break Number 57 includes a tribute to Fela Kuti, music from Lesotho, and the fast rapping of Sarkodie.
The #BullshitFiles: KLM offers flights to ‘the Dark Continent’
We're not making this up. It turns out Royal Dutch flagship carrier's KLM decision to hire
Signs the journalism on Africa you’ve just encountered is trash
If more than one of these apply to your media source, you’re probably not getting your information from the most reliable place.
Refugee Voyeurism, German Style
What do a model, the former bassist of a rightist rock band, a fantasy writer who
Remembering Sathima Bea Benjamin
Sathima had the unique ability to strike first at your heart, not unlike the experience of hearing Billie Holiday for the first time.
Where is Grahamstown?
On 10 October 2013, a certain segment of white South Africans left their children with the
Christina Aguilera feeds “war-torn” Rwanda
Africa: helping white people who are a bit down-in-the-dumps, feel better about themselves since 1884.
Weekend Music Break: The Brother Moves On
I followed The Brother Moves On around South Africa once. True story, I even wrote about
The Supposed Vacuity of the “Global Novel”
The fact that the global novel has emerged from the world of the global literary economy does not render it “lite.”
Mozambican Occupations
The work of photographer Felipe Branquinho, which portrays workers and working class people in their urban surroundings in Mozambique.
The Nobel Peace Prize: Totally irrelevant?
It is worth going through some of the dodgiest choices made by the Nobel committee in the time they’ve awarded the Peace Prize first in 1901.