Obroni, a History
Most Ghanaians think “obroni” means “white person” or “foreigner”, but it stems from the Akan phrase “abro nipa” meaning “wicked person.”
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Rita Nketiah
Rita Nketiah is a feminist researcher, writer and activist living in Accra, Ghana.
Summertime Vibes
Hipsters Don’t Dance “Top World Carnival Tunes” for February 2015.
Fresh eyes: Yannis Guibinga’s photos of Gabon
Guibinga documents the vibrant beach culture of the country’s capital, Libreville, on the West African coast.
President Obiang and the Samba School
Carnival in Rio de Janeiro as a site for the politics of influence by one of Africa’s most brutal dictatorships.
5 Questions for Filmmaker, Djo Munga
The Congolese cites the crime film, ‘Carlito’s Way,’ starring Al Paciono, as a project he wished he had made. You can see the inspiration in “Viva Riva,” his breakout film.
Tonight White People Get In For Free
The actor and filmmaker Akin Omotoso traveled from Johannesburg, South Africa, to witness the 2015 NBA All Star Weekend in Brooklyn, New York. Here’s his diary.
The art and activism of Gabriel Teodros
This past weekend I had the immense pleasure to sit alongside Gabriel Teodros, Bocafloja, and Linda
The Black Rhythms of Perú
The influence of people of African descent in the history of Peruvian music are overlooked. This documentary begins to set the record straight.
On Set: Abderrahmane Sissako’s ‘Timbuktu’
Cast members: “We want that film to enlighten our people’s situation, we, the real hostages of that crisis.”
The music of Santiago, Chile
Chilean musicians argue that their feeling of isolation, combined with a higher than average internet penetration helped create and foster a local “scene” of musicians able to make a living from music.
A Social History of the Gambia
An archive – stretching from 1820 to 1960 – of civil, police, and criminal records in colonial Banjul.
5 Questions for a Filmmaker: Tunde Kelani
The legendary Nigerian filmmaker, Tunde Kelani is considered the bridge between the first generation of Nigerian filmmakers and Nollywood.
Can Malawi cope with another severe flood?
The floods that have devastated much of the southern region of Malawi represent one of the worst natural disasters in the country’s history.
The BLK Brother: uniting Johannesburg’s finest BLK JKS and The Brother Moves On
In 2013 South African alterna-rockers, BLK JKS and The Brother Moves On, met in Paris to represent
Why is this the story being told now?
The selective memory of ‘Plot for Peace,’ documentary film about South Africa’s transition.
Ivorian designer Loza Maléombho’s #AlienEdits selfie series
The #AlienEdits series seems to come as a form of resistance to negative social projections regarding race, gender, sexuality and culture.
On The Way to School
A new documentary film offers a dignified and moving counterweight to how we in the West think – in static, sometimes pathologizing images – of kids elsewhere.
The Western Imagination of Morocco
Why at this late hour would The New York Times want to recycle Paul Bowles’ racist fantasies of Morocco?
The imagination of the United Nations
Why aren’t Africans living on the continent part of the United Nations’ International Decade for People of African Descent?
Are Corporations Colonizing the UN?
If market-focused empowerment becomes the norm in development, who will want to learn about politics or find out why their countries are poor in the first place?