An Unflinching Take on Albino Killings in Tanzania
White Shadow, a feature film directed by Noaz Deshe and executive produced by the actor Ryan
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Rita Nketiah
Rita Nketiah is a feminist researcher, writer and activist living in Accra, Ghana.
#AfricanLivesMatter, Why Do They Not Mourn Along With Us?
One week ago, one hundred and forty seven/147 young adults met their death at the hands
The Aliens Have Already Landed
A survey of African and Afro-Diasporic science fiction; stories that pushes the boundaries of the genre.
Obama’s Sanctions Against Venezuela
Not even the Venezuelan opposition supported Obama’s action.
What is Australia
Is there a place where white people are more committed to faux race blindness than South Africa?
A Postmodern Bricolage
What we learn from the film “Concerning Violence,” about Franz Fanon’s writings and ideas
On Kwaito and Corporate (American) Hip Hop
In this episode of ‘Office Conversations,’ a few of us break down the blurred lines between kwaito, an indigenous South African pop genre, and hip hop.
Mythologies of the Future
Johannesburg artists investigate power and its structures to interrogate the invisible forces that create them and to imagine alternatives.
Thirty Days Of Joburg City
Rendani Nemakavhani (alias Missblacdropp) is a Johannesburg-based graphic designer and illustrator who initiated the collaborative project
Moment of Clarity, April 6, 2015: Nigerian (?) Soldiers Dance Skelewu
"Soldiers in Maiduguri, the embattled capital of Borno state, which has been under constant siege by
Boddhi Satva and Kaysha bring Congolese Music to the deep end
Boddhi Satva recently announced a very exciting collaboration between himself and international Zouk legend Kaysha. For those
New Muslim Youth Culture
Hisham Aidi’s book ‘Rebel Music’ remixes race, faith, and geography
Typical Colombians
“Manos Sucias,” produced by Spike Lee, is set in Buenaventura, Colombia’s biggest city on the Pacific Ocean and also the country’s biggest port. The city is 90% black.
The Rise of a Post-colonial University
In the last two weeks, students belonging to the #RhodesMustFall collective have rechristened and remade of
Googling “Jan van Riebeeck”? This is for you
Despite his negative legacy in South Africa, Van Riebeeck gets presented by some as someone locals should admire.
Memorializing all Kenya’s terror victims
“I want to go to a place … where we can find the names of all those who have died for Kenya since 1963.”–Binyavanga Wainaina.
How to Govern Nigeria
The historic change that happened with the election of General Muhammadu Buhari has hopefully set the country on a way to rethink its brand of federalism.
We’ve Resurrected Weekend Music Break. Here’s No.68
Keeping with the weekend's theme, we've decided to resurrect the Weekend Music Break with number 68! For those
How to make sense of #Garissa
For starters, you may want to switch off television news, especially “global news networks,” and follow local media as well as the people below on social media.
Jonathan runs out of Goodluck
Goodluck Jonathan becomes the first incumbent president in the Nigeria’s history, since the advent of democratic rule in 1999, to lose to the opposition.