Dave Chappelle’s mother worked to free Congo
Yvonne Seon, later a college professor, thought Lumumba was a “decisive leader” that “cared deeply about his people.”
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Nathan Chiume
Nathan Chiume is an Africa analyst and consultant.
Black in Israel
The film ‘Red Leaves’ is a timely depiction of the Ethiopian-Israeli struggle.
The deal with China’s new military base in Djibouti
When are African states establishing joint military bases to secure trade routes or fight off piracy instead of diversifying the source of foreign influence on their territories?
What former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré’s July trial in Senegal means for his victims
Next month former president Hissène Habré, who ruled my native Chad from June 7, 1982 to
Hamba kahle, Raphael Tenthani
Tributes are pouring in from around the world for Raphael Tenthani, who has died in a
Weekend Music Break No.74
Here is our weekend round up of audio and visuals from around the African Internet... Kicking
Talking China in Africa at the PEN World Voices Festival in New York
Literary festivals are usually a disappointment. Even when a cherished writer is speaking, the chances are you'd
Goodbye B.B. King. Here he is playing live in Kinshasa, then Zaire, 1974
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41bCIHf4Nnw Hamba kahle, B.B. King (1925-2015)
Vice News and the war against Boko Haram
It’s not really about Nigeria, and it’s not for Nigerians. Rather it’s a story, popular in America, about brave soldiers fighting terrorists.
The old is dying and the young ones have just been born
These young ones who have just been born do not respect authority simply because the rules say they should.
We are angels, victims of everybody
Looking inside ourselves and working on the dark hearts of our colonial crap.
Annual NGO ranking shows that the “white savior” status quo remains intact
Teju Cole wrote that a white saviour is someone who, “supports brutal policies in the morning,
Let’s talk about Charlayne Hunter-Gault’s e-book on “Corrective Rape” in South Africa
Charlayne Hunter-Gault’s ‘Corrective Rape: Discrimination, Assault, Sexual Violence, and Murder Against South Africa’s LGBT Community’ is
Black Film, White Masks
Namibian filmmaker, Perivi John Katjavivi: The black voice in cinema occurs on the margins and is filtered, distorted, watered-down, negotiated, corrupted.
To be young, privileged and black in a world of white hegemony
To bear witness to the cacophony of Rhodes Must Fall, as though trying to recall the days of a revolution I was born too late to witness.
Fresh Eyes: Amaal Said’s portraits of belonging
“Images”, as the Chilean visual artist Alfredo Jaar has said, “are not innocent.” From their creation,
Weekend Music Break No.73
Here's our selection of tunes for the weekend of May 9th, 2015 It's mother's day weekend
A Metaphorical Biography
Santu Mofokeng’s photographs keep you wanting to know who are these people, what’s their sophistications, and what’s going to happen to these aspirations?
Pura Música
This is our Teca–basically introducting you to some of the coolest, hippest, most recent music from cities around Latin America.
What are ’emerging voices’ and ’emerging countries’?
Why the author asked for his work to be withdrawn from a prestigious literary competition.