The Spirit of Marikana
Marikana’s workers were active agents in controlling their own destinies in the midst of plutocratic mine-owners and “pocket trade unions.”
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Nathan Chiume
Nathan Chiume is an Africa analyst and consultant.
Kenneth Kaunda and the national question
Was the 27 years of Kaunda’s rule better for Zambians than the neoliberal governments that have ruled there since his departure in 1991?
Lessons from Kaundanomics
In Zambians’ hurry to get rid themselves of President Kenneth Kaunda, they lost their way in the process.
How France will eat itself
Police brutality mediates the relationship between French citizens of African descent and public and political institutions.
Flood the soundscape African
If the internet is the democratizing force that it is advertised to be, why shouldn’t you be able to contribute?
Temple run or stay?
For young people in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, there is a code for the perilous journey that they are making to Europe via Libya.
The danger of a single author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 2013 novel, ‘Americanah,’ was the 2017 choice for the “One Book, One New York” campaign. Is the campaign necessarily a good thing?
The podcast for African Hip Hop
The Hip Hop African is a podcast series about African hip hop culture made by Howard University and George Washington University students.
The work of historical fiction
How does it differ from straight-forward history? What are the limits and possibilities of the genre?
Smashing patriarchy, one hip hop cypher at a time
‘Words of a Rebel Sistah’ wants to create a counter-culture in which women are liberated and all forms of oppression are eradicated.
All your faves are problematic
A brief history of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, stanning and the trap of #blackgirlmagic.
Fearless in Nigeria
In this installment of our “Liner Notes,” the Nigerian musician, Villy, writes about his band’s EP, “Humananimals.”
How the Congo crisis reshaped international relations
In July 1960, within a week of achieving independence from Belgium, the Congo (later renamed Zaire
South Africa needs a new public debate
Much of the criticism about neoliberalism is coming from the dominant faction of the ANC, the center-left party trying to hold onto power.
“We Are All Many Things”
South African creatives of Muslim background interact matter-of-factly with their social identity. An interview with playwright and novelist Nadia Davids.
Irregular boundaries
First class cricket in South Africa, once a white man’s preserve, is now technically open to all, but it is a game of money, dazzle, dancing girls and quick results.
Don’t kill yourself because of suffering
Weekend Music Break, No.104 is just a playlist of ten great songs accompanied by predictably striking visuals from across Africa and its diaspora.
When Ghanaians put their arms around New York City
Today, 30,000 of the 235,000 Ghanaian immigrants to the US call New York City home.
Brave new world
As Western government enforce stricter policing of non-native bodies, who who are the activists who will stop them?
Is South African trade unionism at a turning point?
Does the gradual increase in the number of strikes indicate that a new wave of offensive strikes has begun? Or is it just a short-lived revival among a depressing long wave of defensive strikes?