The politics of homophobia in Kenya
Why US President Barack Obama blundered by speaking out on LGBTQ rights in Kenya.
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Rita Nketiah
Rita Nketiah is a feminist researcher, writer and activist living in Accra, Ghana.
#Free15Angolans: An update
You’d never know it from reading the US media, but 15 political prisoners in Angola are still in jail.
Aliens in Lagos
The futuristic Lagos of Nnedi Okorafor’s sci-fi novel, ‘Lagoon.’
New South African feature ‘Endless River’ makes film history
South African film director and auteur Oliver Hermanus has made film history this week and his
Between prison and deportation
Sudanese asylum-seeker to Israel’s president: “Why not let us stay and contribute to Israeli society?”
The African roots of the Americas
There is a lot of ignorance about Afro-Latinos, despite the deep history dating back to the introduction of slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Body Politricks and the Worlds in Between
A review of American writer Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “Between the World and Me”
Kenyan gays want their rights
The denial of a gay Kenyan existence is an affront to the Kenyan LGBTQ community, their talents, hopes and aspirations
When I was in school, being African was a diss
Here’s Hipsters Don’t Dance’s monthly installment of “Top World Carnival Tunes” for July 2015.
Humans of Lagos
Offering a glimpse at daily life in the West African mega city.
Some refugees more equal than others
Many European governments favor “culturally close[r]” refugees and asylum-seekers: preferably white, educated Christians.
Mandela Day: 400 women, 800+ care packs for rape survivors, one vision of South Africa
Since 2010, July 18 has been `celebrated’ as Mandela Day. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela aka Madiba was
Discover The Ma’Ati, a new storytelling platform for travelers
The Ma’Ati is a new digital storytelling platform created by Africa is a Country contributor Shamira
The single story of African design
A new book highlights African innovation, challenging dominant perceptions of the continent.
Women and the revolution in Burkina Faso
The “Sankara Generation,” the young people taking on Burkina Faso’s dictator, wants radical change. Does it include a better future for the country’s women?
Sandra Bland and The Beatles
Bland, who died in police custody after a traffic stop in Texas, embodied a rare charismatic self-possession that disrupts social orders.
What is ‘Champeta Urbana’?
An interview with musician, Kevin Flórez, about how a music imported by West African sailors to 1970s Colombia became the soundtrack of his city, Cartagena.
Israel’s “blackwashing”
Israel’s promotion of itself as a technologically-advanced “white savior” on an aid mission to poor black nations, is a marketing ploy to cover the occupation.
Mandela Day: Where is our imagination?
We've just passed that time of year when the Charitable Industrial Complex puts on its Sunday best
The ‘Brazil of Africa’
That’s not a compliment. It is about how development institutions are financing land grabs in the Democratic Republic of Congo.