Nicholas Kristof wants it both ways
The New York Times columnist traveled to Zimbabwe and wrote two totally different stories for his paper that read like night and day.
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Nathan Chiume
Nathan Chiume is an Africa analyst and consultant.
Regarding Julius Malema
Julius Malema is equally a creation of the ANC and the South Africa’s media. He is, however, the ANC’s responsibility. How long it will take before ANC leaders kick him out?
Is this Nollywood?
A lot of people, not just Nigerians or its media, are pleased with white South African photographer Pieter Hugo’s portrayal of Nollywood.
The Messiah
There is something tail-swishingly devilish about the way Lionel Messi runs with a football.
Vote Sudan
The result may be a foregone conclusion, but it hasn’t stop young Sudanese, via the Girifna Movement, working to get the vote out using music.
Eugene Terreblanche is Dead
The murder of the racist, far-right politician provides further fuel for the victim discourse among white South Africans.
Somalia’s colonizers dressed well
Jeffrey Gettleman, The New York Times’ Africa Correspondent, frequently seizes opportunities to slander Africans while praising their colonizers.
Prodigal Son
A white man dressed like Mobuto with two black “assistants” in tow, throw around fake money in Basel. What’s this about?
The National Sport of South Africa
Social progressives in South Africa would like to believe otherwise, but the country is mostly socially rightwing and conservative.
Illegal or Dead
Sorious Samura joined African migrants trying to make it to Europe for menial jobs and loneliness.
Madlib’s Radio Freedom
Madlib’s “Medicine Show No. 3: Beat Konducta in Africa” is about African liberation in the 1970s, especially south of the Limpopo.
All About Nicholas Kristof
Nicholas Kristof’s journalism, which is largely focused on Africans, is exhausting to watch. And it is always about himself.
Liz Johnson-Artur’s Archive
The Ghanaian-Russian photographer documents the African diaspora in Europe, mostly in the United Kingdom.
The Trumpet King
Zeal Onyia was a master Nigerian trumpet player from the 1950s treated as an equal by Louis Armstrong.
Jeffrey Gettleman, Our Man in Kenya
Is the New York Times’ correspondent in East Africa, a journalist or just someone relaying stereotypes?
Addis Swing
The revival of Ethiopian jazz, a tradition that dates back to the 1920s, and had its heyday under Emperor Haile Selassie.
Senegalese Wrestlers
The work of Denis Rouvre, who won second place in sports features in the World Press Photo Awards for his work on Senegalese wrestlers.
Lifestyle TV
Parts of Johannesburg’s inner city has been subjected to aggressive gentrification. It also comes with lots of mindless media.
Among the Savages
Why does a progressive Spanish TV channel close to the ruling Socialist government exploit Africans for entertainment?
He must be American
A true competitive selection process may have turn up the best possible candidate as head of UNICEF and not power politics.