
The Western Journalist in Africa
The question for Western journalists is this – when it comes to Africa, why do you not tell the whole story of the humanity at work even in times of extreme violence?
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Nathan Chiume is an Africa analyst and consultant.

The question for Western journalists is this – when it comes to Africa, why do you not tell the whole story of the humanity at work even in times of extreme violence?

Thierry Michell’s portrait of Congolese businessman-governor-football club owner Moïse Katumbi is among a few new films at the Belgian Afrika Film Festival.

A BBC interview with Julius Malema, a South African political leader and acolyte of Chavez, is exhibition 1,000,003 mainstream media framing of the late Venezuelan president.

The legacies of Apartheid’s death squads and the South African Truth and Reconcilation Commission.

A Dutch documentary film explores increasing migration and trade links between African countries, their citizens and China.


The Pistorius’ murder trial is a good time to review how New York Times reported on another South African killing: Marikana.

The historian Robert Vinson explores Garvey’s influence in South Africa in the 1920s and 1930s.

The Zimbabwean photographer, Nancy Mteki, picks her five favorite photographs and shares some words about how and where the images were made.

In “Searching for Sugar Man,” Rodriguez the man feels more like an awkward prop in a story of white redemption rather than the star of his own movie.


How does it feel to be an African asylum seeker in Europe.

Vice.com’s reductive and alarmist style of writing about the continent is not only outdated, but deplorable and contravenes responsible journalism.

We ought to ask questions about Angola’s Sovereign Wealth Fund. But also about the history of Chevron, Exxon, and Conoco in the country.

Reporting ahead of Kenya’s election by the international media can basically be placed in two general categories: optimism and, of course, no surprise, pessimism.

There is nothing heroic about running a cushy, big-spending non-profit like Invisible Children that works hand-in-glove with the CIA and the US military.