Why is the cultural life of Black Panther so derivative?
In the Global North, Africa never inspires radically new terms of representation. It always presents itself as an entity grounded in an anthropological reality.
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Rita Nketiah
Rita Nketiah is a feminist researcher, writer and activist living in Accra, Ghana.
The young Walter Rodney
Long before Walter Rodney wrote ‘How Europe Underdeveloped Africa,’ he was profoundly shaped by his studies in Jamaica.
Colouring in the All Blacks
Why would a group of black, mostly coloured, South African rugby supporters openly root for New Zealand teams over their own.
Black America’s Africa
Black Panther arrives as black America diversifies, but the US becomes more isolationist. It’s not beyond many African Americans to reflect nativist tendencies.
The war on smugglers
Nigerian Twitter: “If you want to help Libya slaves/immigrants, don’t bring them back home. Help them reach their destination in Europe”
I have a problem with ‘Black Panther’
Anyone committed to an expansive concept of Pan-African liberation must regard ‘Black Panther’ as a counterrevolutionary film.
The ghosts of Adwa
The Ethiopia inscribed with anti-colonial meanings after its victory over European colonialism in 1896 was a colonizing state itself.
South Africa’s Transition from Zuma to Ramaphosa
Jacob Zuma’s nearly decade long regime competed with Thabo Mbeki as the worst presidency of South Africa’s short post-apartheid order.
The folly of ‘wait-and-see’ politics in Zimbabwe
The attitude that Zimbabweans need to give Mnangagwa a chance and not be quick to criticize, is what led to Mugabe’s dictatorship.
A man of the people: Morgan Tsvangirai
Tsvangirai’s legitimacy was born out of his trusted representation of workers’ interests and the charismatic force of his personality.
The strange history of an imperial skirmish in Niger
There is a collective national ignorance that surrounds the United States’ vast military presence in Africa.
A wild fig grows in Rowan Street
Professor Sampie Terreblanche, who passed away at 84 on February 17, 2018, was one of South Africa’s foremost political economists.
In defense of the Anglophones
The author was arrested for insulting Cameroon’s president, spent 20 days in prison and was deported. He made this statement at his trial.
The anti-orientalist
The legacy in Morocco of the influential Spanish-born novelist Juan Goytisolo, who died in mid-2017.
The boy called Hugh because he loved the trumpet
Lesedi Tshane’s grandfather played with Hugh Masekela. He would later study with Masekela and replace Masekela on a bill with Abdullah Ibrahim.
What we know about Trump’s policy aims in Africa
The most senior African official in the US State Department gives a peak what Trump thinks of Africa.
Let them occupy
Housing struggles Brazil are a good case study to help us understand the limits of what is possible for urban housing movements in South Africa.
Community in Haiti’s Carnival
In a country where in most days, problems and dysfunctions define the lives of Haitians, Carnival is a time to forget it all.
The water point
The author returns to her home town, Cape Town, which may soon become the world’s first major city to run out of water. The crisis also exacerbates old divisions.
Deliver us from cholera
Recent Zambian governments and in particular the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) have a history of reaching out to Christianity to manage crises.