The Legacy of Nat Nakasa
Nat Nakasa was an ambitious journalist who had the cold fortune of being born black in 20th century South Africa.
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Nathan Chiume
Nathan Chiume is an Africa analyst and consultant.
Bathers at Sea Point: Photographs by Antoinette Engel
Antoinette Engel, a documentary filmmaker and photographer based in Cape Town (and a friend of this
The Reincarnation of Rockland Palace
A part of Harlem’s ballroom scene gets a makeover and a much needed funding injection and international exposure.
There Are Women in Botswana
It’s not even news that women and children leads AIDS activism in places like Botswana, except when it’s scanted. So, here’s a primer.
Nha morna, nha Terra
The songs that savor the writer Olufemi Terry’s travels through the islands of Cape Verde.
The Photographs of Mary Beth Meehan
Mary Beth Meehan, an American photographer in the U.S. northeast photographs marginal people: immigrants and poor people, both black and white.
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°15
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKvRnvP3jY8 Fofo-born Shokanti released a video this week in celebration of Cape Verdean Independence (slipping in
Africa Express: A Different Breed of Alternative Energy
Guest post by Rosie Spinks Hear the words ‘alternative energy in Africa’ and you might think
Independence Day Edition: What’s more ‘American’ than Chevron Corporation?
July 4. U.S. Day of Independence. What’s more 'American’ than … Chevron Corporation? It’s pretty much
In North Kivu, R&B is pure art
http://vimeo.com/42715280 The text that comes with Agata Pietron's photographs of youth in Kiwanja and Rutshuru (North
My delicious ‘Afrigasm’
White Euro-Americans are drawn to Sub Saharan Africa by an urge to explore, do good or by a more existential desire for an encounter with radical difference.
Mozambique versus Spain
African fans retain a surprising affection for old colonizers when it comes to international tournaments. Mozambique is no exception.
Salafists and art in Tunisia
Artists wanted to comment on the political struggles and religious undercurrents roughing up Tunisian society. Religious zealots, backed by the state, shut them down.
In Sudan, women set the spark
The women of Sudan have had enough. On the evening of June 16, 2012, women dormitory
On African Asylum Seekers in Israel
Media about African refugees and asylum seekers in Israel highlight their experiences and desires for rights, but erase their agency, portraying them solely as victims of violence and exploitation.
Her Zimbabwe
As the number of active female bloggers has increased, so too has the level of discourse around the dynamism and contradictions of life as a Zimbabwean woman.
Gaddafi Archives at the London Photography Festival
The ‘Gaddafi Archives – Libya Before the Arab Spring’, which opened this week at the London
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5ASWQDUzNQ Quite the mixed bag this week. 'Disco Malapaa' by Arusha's Jambo Squad above; nine more
A Room Adrift in London
This thing about a boat on The Thames named for the one Joseph Conrad sailed up the River Congo before writing Heart of Darkness.
The Very Best Politics
What’s the story with The Very Best’s video for the single “Kondaine,” where they teamed up with an American NGO and shot it in very rural Kenya.