The limits of debunking only the pseudoscience of race
What a very white book launch in a very black neighborhood in downtown Johannesburg reveals.
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Rita Nketiah
Rita Nketiah is a feminist researcher, writer and activist living in Accra, Ghana.
Thoughts on xenophobia from a South African in Mozambique
On Mozambican TV, South Africa is divided between the people of good will with their pots of rice, and the people of Goodwill with their knobkieries and pangas.
Why rapper Akala is good for TV
When the rapper Akala called out Britain’s racism on Frankie Boyle’s show.
Weekend Music Break No.75
Here's your weekend selection for May 23rd, 2015. To kick things off, just stop what you're
African poets for Africa
Badilisha is rare: an African project funded by a mix of government and private art donors, facilitating media access to African poets.
The oil giants are coming to Tanzania
International oil giants are bearing down on East Africa. Off the coast of Tanzania, the discovery
Liberating Ourselves from our Liberators
The truth of our global age is that autochthony, nativism, or heritage no longer define us exclusively. So, solidarity based on phenotype or heritage is dangerous.
How the Dutch government polices unwanted black bodies
Often championed as a human rights defender, the Netherlands continuously fails miserably in politically protecting and socially including refugees.
New Ways of Seeing The World
An interview with director Tala Hadid and producer Danny Glover of “A Narrow Frame of Midnight,” set amidst political turmoil in Morocco.
Letters to Hlompho Letsielo
In May 2015, Lesotho lost one of its most vibrant and creative minds, the photographer Hlompho Letsielo.
Dave Chappelle’s mother worked to free Congo
Yvonne Seon, later a college professor, thought Lumumba was a “decisive leader” that “cared deeply about his people.”
Black in Israel
The film ‘Red Leaves’ is a timely depiction of the Ethiopian-Israeli struggle.
The deal with China’s new military base in Djibouti
When are African states establishing joint military bases to secure trade routes or fight off piracy instead of diversifying the source of foreign influence on their territories?
What former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré’s July trial in Senegal means for his victims
Next month former president Hissène Habré, who ruled my native Chad from June 7, 1982 to
Hamba kahle, Raphael Tenthani
Tributes are pouring in from around the world for Raphael Tenthani, who has died in a
Weekend Music Break No.74
Here is our weekend round up of audio and visuals from around the African Internet... Kicking
Talking China in Africa at the PEN World Voices Festival in New York
Literary festivals are usually a disappointment. Even when a cherished writer is speaking, the chances are you'd
Goodbye B.B. King. Here he is playing live in Kinshasa, then Zaire, 1974
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41bCIHf4Nnw Hamba kahle, B.B. King (1925-2015)
Vice News and the war against Boko Haram
It’s not really about Nigeria, and it’s not for Nigerians. Rather it’s a story, popular in America, about brave soldiers fighting terrorists.
The old is dying and the young ones have just been born
These young ones who have just been born do not respect authority simply because the rules say they should.