Violent Legacies
How Gang Violence in El Salvador Grew (Helped by the U.S.).
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Rita Nketiah
Rita Nketiah is a feminist researcher, writer and activist living in Accra, Ghana.
Caravana 43
Resisting against the official version of what happened to the 43 Ayotzinapa students in Mexico in September 2014.
Never becoming fully South African
Like many other African states, South Africans discharge their anger at political failings on easy scapegoats: those they deem foreigners.
The necessity to manifest our own experiences
An interview with the director of the first-ever feature-length film in Quechua, spoken by many of the indigenous people of the South American Andes.
Weekend Music Break No.70
The Weekend Music break is here! Check out a round up of tunes and visuals that caught
Fresh Eyes: KB Mpofu’s moments of intimacy
We head to Zimbabwe for the continuation of our Fresh Eyes series. Based in Bulawayo, KB
Photo of the Day: What value do we place on African lives?
Today for the first time since Mandela was freed, I am ashamed to be a South
Achille Mbembe writes about Xenophobic South Africa
Why has this country historically represented a “circle of death” for anything and anybody ‘African’?
The Nile Project
Uniting a region – the music of eleven countries – and overcoming ‘World Music’ cliches.
G.O.A.T’s
Diego Maradona is arguably the greatest football player of all time. In Eduardo Galeano’s prose, he becomes even greater.
The folly of barring pregnant girls from school in Sierra Leone
One in three girls aged 15 to 19 in Sierra Leone has been pregnant or had a child at least once.
This is the sound of Cecil John Rhodes falling
Historic moments get a lot of phone camera coverage these days, but I wondered if radio
This brand of non-racialism is no better than denial
A review of a documentary film about the life of Albie Sachs, a noted antiapartheid activist and later Supreme Court Judge in postapartheid South Africa.
Maboneng is on fire
David Adjaye’s plans to ‘revitalize’ Hallmark House in downtown Johannesburg, raises ethical questions about the city’s development plans.
Three separate films
‘Virunga’ is an important film, even if it lacks perspectives from local stakeholders.
Labor protests in Swaziland: when no news is not good news
To quote an old adage by the late Steve Biko: the Swazi workers are on their own.
Weekend Music Break No.69
A general round-up of tunes that caught our ear this week at Africa is a Country,
Bands That Groove
Danny Mekonnen of Debo Band previews the Aputumpu Festival in Boston.
Africa is a Radio: Episode #9
In this edition of Africa is a Radio, the Africa is a Country team discusses the
Nigerian Nostalgia
Nigeria has gotten a lot of attention on this platform in the past few weeks, with