Cutting colonists’ heads
We talk to Togolese rapper Elom 20ce who aims to bring his politics to the masses.
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Rita Nketiah
Rita Nketiah is a feminist researcher, writer and activist living in Accra, Ghana.
The Congolese Oil Curse
Those extracting value from the DRC’s soil over last 20 years show they’re willing to do anything—including 6 million deaths—to satisfy global commodity markets.
Rethinking space in Accra, Ghana
Ghana has a housing crisis and Accra is increasingly marginalizing those who are far from able to get a piece of the real estate pie.
Can Lesotho survive more development?
The now-public critique of development only benefiting the well-connected in Lesotho needs to be taken seriously.
Herded like cattle
Europeans generally travel effortlessly to and through Africa with their humanity intact. Why do they go to such lengths to demean us when we travel through Europe?
The world already has a refugee crisis
The media’s focus on the European “refugee crisis” obscures the fact the bulk of refugees are in camps in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
On Safari
The year that Prince Akeem, Queen Aoleon, King Jaffe Joffer and the “African” Kingdom of Zamunda made a spectacular comeback.
From Lisbon to Lagos
It’s the end of the year, so Hipsters Dont Dance made a “Top World Carnival Collabs” of 2015.
Fanon at Ninety
Frantz Fanon remains vital not only for his bracing anti-racism and anti-colonialism, but equally for the less-recognized, empathetic politics of solidarity he cultivated and exemplified.
Treasure Hunt Politics
The location of 18th colonial ship ship and its expensive cargo renews tensions between Spain and Colombia revives unfinished business between Spain and its former colonies.
Books of 2015
A small corrective to the tide of Big Media book lists that champion a small and predictable group of authors who together give at best a limited Eurocentric view of our world.
Can the Malians Speak
It has become customary to discuss Mali while simultaneously ignoring Mali.
The Unrest in Ethiopia
At least 75 people have been killed in weeks of student-led protests across Ethiopia’s Oromia region and federal authorities have imposed curfews in several towns and deployed troops
The Return of Winnie Mandela
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, adored by the youth of Soweto in the 1980s, has gained traction in the activist imagination once more.
Weekend Music Break No.90
To wrap things up for 2015, next week Africa is a Country will have a few best
The Legend of John Chilembwe
Despite official neglect, the memory of Chilembwe, a resistance leader, lives on as a symbol of courage and sacrifice in Malawi.
The ANC Women’s League is Dead
It has failed repeatedly to check misogyny within the ANC and made shallow attempts to check misogyny outside the movement.
The African Team that Played in Spain’s La Liga
Moghreb Tetouan, now back in Morocco, remains the only African club ever to hold a spot in a top-flight European football league.
Nicki Minaj’s Angola
Africa is a Country asked a group of writers and thinkers what they think the 15+2 trial means for contemporary Angola, which celebrated its independence on November 11.
The corruption of hip hop in Burkina Faso
For rapper, Art Melody, hip hop is a philosophy, one that can’t be sold out for fame, money, or even politics.