
6430 Article(s) by:
Nathan Chiume
Nathan Chiume is an Africa analyst and consultant.


The New Breed of Lesotho Hip Hop
An idea of what’s going down in Lesotho with the emcees whom I think will be making a considerable amount of noise in 2013.

Do South Africans care for Bafana Bafana
Three American students watch the African Cup of Nations at a South African restaurant in Brooklyn. Bafana Bafana played Cape Verde in a first round game.

Angolan football fans are no fools
Angola’s Palancas Negras and the curse of the African Cup of Nations quarterfinals.

The Infiltrators
What will Netanyahu’s re-election mean for African immigrants and refugees in Israel?

The elephants seemed somewhat long in the tusk
What we learned from day four of the 2013 African Cup of Nations being held in South Africa.

Playing for the home team
Most national teams that made it to the 2013 African Cup of Nations in South Africa play in Europe. Ethiopia is one of the few teams composed of mainly “home” based players.

Why the rhino is Newsmaker of the Year in South Africa
The divorce between social reality of post-apartheid South African and White South Africa.

The ‘Africa Rising’ Bandwagon
Al Jazeera falls for the fiction that business entrepreneurship and corporate capitalism will be Africa’s saving grace.
Afcon 2013 Preview: Drogba’s last chance of Nations Cup glory with Côte d’Ivoire

Without too many hairy moments
What we learned from the third day, still deep in the first round, of the 2013 African Cup of Nations.

In search of ‘African redemption’
Traveling ‘off the beaten path’ in Africa seems to have become the next ‘big thing’ for recent graduates looking to set themselves apart from their peers.
Performing democracy in Zimbabwe

Afcon 2013 Preview: Can Zambia’s Chipolopolo do it again?
Afcon 2013 Preview: Ethiopia finally back where they belong (including incredible archival footage)

They say a great player can play anywhere
What we learned from Day Two of the 2013 African Cup of Nations being hosted by South Africa.

The darlings of the continent
While fans of Ghana’s Black Stars are confident in the 2013 team’s skills, until this team is able to win a major victory, a sense of historical foreboding will weigh on them.

Afcon 2013 Preview: Bamako expects experienced Mali team to go far

A team of quality players
Even if Morrocco does not get pass the first round of the 2013 African Cup of Nations, we should be happy that at least we qualified for the tournament.

Cape Verde’s Blue Sharks make a big splash
The national football team’s oach Lúcio Antunes: “We respect all our opponents but we are not afraid of anyone.”