This is not an accident
The pernicious belief, is founded on ignorance and prejudice, that certain women, including those with HIV, have no right to have children.
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Nathan Chiume
Nathan Chiume is an Africa analyst and consultant.
People who have lost the habit of ruling themselves
Africans are like the man in the Igbo proverb who does not know where the rain began to beat him and so cannot say where he dried his body.
A Lion in Winter
Isaiah Stein was a sports activist and father of footballers, Edwin (Luton Town), Brian (Luton Town and England) and Mark (Chelsea).
The Life and Death of David Kato
The Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato was murdered on January 26th, 2011.
Swahili Cipher
African Hip Hop has been the number one hop site and radio show about hip hop culture on the continent for a few years.
Self-portraits in the Attic
We feature a selection of Togolese artist Hélène Amouzou’s photographic work; self-portraits taken “mostly in her attic” in Brussels.
Against the Values of the Market
Johnny Issel, who has died at age 68, was a prominent activist for leftist social movements in 1980s South Africa.
This is Africa: Sudanese TV in Dubai Edition
Sudan’s vast diaspora in the Gulf reflected in media available via satellite in Dubai.
This Is Africa, Dubai Edition
The Mall of the Emirates in Dubai decided on the best way to represent Africa: with a restaurant serving BBQ and burgers.
South Africa’s Glorious Moment
it is a testament to the hosts that my young daughter insists South Africa won the 2010 World Cup.
Janus Faced
We're closing shop from tomorrow, December 24th, until January 4th, 2011. Thanks for a great year
Well deserved
Before we close out the year we have to give a nod to the Centre for
T.I.A. (Nollywood Edition)
Nollywood film posters in a store window on Nostrand Ave. in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.
A Ghanaian Election
A new documentary film chronicles what happened in 2008, when only for second time, since Ghana ended military rule in 1992, that power would change hands through an election.
'5 Networks that Matter in East Africa'
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGiLEEX5OuQ&feature=player_embedded&w=500&h=307&rel=] Rakesh Rajani, the head of Tanzanian "citizen-centered initiative", Twaweza, on the "five key networks that
Re: Gentrified Fiction
Novelist (and New School professor) Siddhartha Deb in an interview with Jeffrey Errington for The Quarterly
Music Break
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yl5LaocojO4&w=500&h=307&rel=0] The music video for "Die Heuwels Fantasies" by South African (Afrikaans) band, Noorderlig. I am
Football Rivalries
Football fan, writer and broadcaster David Goldblatt goes in search of football rivalries in Accra, Cairo,
Africom Blues
Carl LeVan Guest Blogger An academic article I wrote in the current issue of the journal
T.I.A.* (BMX Edition)
This is Africa