Africa is a Science Fiction Superpower
A film series in London explores what it would mean imbuing Africa with extra-terrestrial powers. We speak to the curators, Al Cameron and Nav Haq.
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Nathan Chiume
Nathan Chiume is an Africa analyst and consultant.
Spring revolution or a summer of discontent
Can North Africans define their own futures, away from the inventions of old white men in think tanks in Washington DC?
The rising bitterness of South Africa’s black majority
‘Dear Mandela’ questions whether the history of South Africa’s ruling party obscures its corruption and immoralities. And what kinds of movements it would take to challenge the ANC’s power head on.
The United States of Africa
Yannick Létourneau talks about the genesis of his film about the Senegelese rapper, Awadi. Also, why so many political musicians come from West Africa.
Binyavanga’s writing out of depression
Writing on depression in Africa is a rarity, so Binyavanga Wainaina’s book, “One Day I Will Write About This Place,” seems singular.
The New York Times goes to Zimbabwe
American media should focus on the real political struggles in Zimbabwe and not think that the government of national unity has brought Zimbabwe out of a period of violent political conflict.
Steve Bloom photographs 1970s Cape Town
The London Festival of Photography has opened, and one of its most appealing features is an
Struggles over memory in South Africa
Revisionism pervades popular culture in South Africa now, coloring our perception of the past.
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HyQCfTub0E Tchobari duo shot the video for 'Quem Mandou? (Me Nascer)' in Catambor, Luanda "to show
Nando’s Grilled Chicken Politics
We asked the Africa Is a Country “office” to comment on Nando’s new ad that is supposedly a comment on the widespread antiblack xenophobia in South Africa.
New Media and Activism in Africa
The limitations of working in the online space, given the small percentages of people with online access (despite the expansion of mobile technology).
Mutua Matheka and the Cityscapes of Nairobi
Matheka, through his photographs, aims to instil in Kenyans, and eventually all Africans, pride in their cities and pride in their place within them.
Sodade
Meaning is elusive in Cape Verde, but it does result in an existential limbo conducive to creeping, fretful madness.
The Safe Location
Denzel Washington’s new thriller, “Safe House,” plays out in Cape Town, South Africa. You mostly can’t tell. That’s deliberate.
Friday Music Break, N°12
I'm taking over the Friday music break this week. First up, the prolific Azonto producer E.L.
The African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean World
This online exhibition provides an overview of the transit of East Africans into Diaspora communities within the Indian Ocean world, and their various settlements among Arabic, Indian, Persian and Asian communities.
World Theater Day in Tunis
Plays, operas, children’s events, participatory performances by audiences, and even some “open society” speeches lit up the Tunisian capital in defiance of religious extremists.
Christine Lagarde cares for Niger
Journalists rarely ask the IMF chief technocrat to consider whether or not she gives any kind of a shit about the people who are getting screwed by her “austerity” agenda.
Pieter Hugo on ‘political correctness’
Pieter Hugo, the critically acclaimed South African photographer, has done an interview with Guernica (H/T Glenna Gordon) in which
The BET Awards do Africa
What are the cultural implications of the success of individual African artists in particularly U.S. mainstream media and award shows?