Why is there a news media blackout about political repression in Djibouti?
Guest Post by Abdourahman Waberi, Ali Deberkale and Dimitri Verdonck On the eve of the legislative election
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Rita Nketiah
Rita Nketiah is a feminist researcher, writer and activist living in Accra, Ghana.
Who killed Thomas Sankara?
A French Communist MP announced he would press the French National Assembly to create an inquiry commission to investigate the 1987 assassination of Thomas Sankara.
Your Camera is Not a Toy
What did the Italian photographer, Gabriele Galimberti think he was going to achieve with his photo-series of children with their toys from around the world posing for him?
The Other Afripolitans
Malitia Malimob, rap music and the less glamorous stories of African migration to the United States.
The monster under the house
Elections provide opportunities for national self-examination and renewal, maybe not in Kenya.
The eyes of people who don’t exist and never have
The Dutch artist Ruud van Empel talks about his art, including his portrayal of black children as ideal types from middle class Dutch 1960s backgrounds.
The Blue Kenyan
We may not all love Chelsea Football Club (John Terry, their klepto-petro-billionaire owner, John Terry, the
The “many mistakes” of the white Afrikaner past
Public history about Afrikaners in South Africa is disingenous and predictabiy don’t want to deal with history.
African Footballers in America
The US Major Soccer League is luring foreign players, especially decent African players, and not just those whose careers are on the wane.
Shameless Self-Promotion: Chief Boima at The Apollo
This Saturday I'll be djing between acts at The Apollo Theater's Africa Now! Concert. Yesterday, I
The Western Journalist in Africa
The question for Western journalists is this – when it comes to Africa, why do you not tell the whole story of the humanity at work even in times of extreme violence?
Zimbabwean Activist Jestina Mukoko ‘Released’
On Sunday, Jestina Mukoko, Executive Director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project, was 'released’ from prison. Her
The Next President
Thierry Michell’s portrait of Congolese businessman-governor-football club owner Moïse Katumbi is among a few new films at the Belgian Afrika Film Festival.
The media caricature of Hugo Chávez
A BBC interview with Julius Malema, a South African political leader and acolyte of Chavez, is exhibition 1,000,003 mainstream media framing of the late Venezuelan president.
Dirk Coetzee is Dead
The legacies of Apartheid’s death squads and the South African Truth and Reconcilation Commission.
Weedie Braimah and Amadou Kouyate’s Blends
Guest Post by Robert Nathan They're not your average musicians. Sons of West African griots and
The Africa-China romance is killing Europe
A Dutch documentary film explores increasing migration and trade links between African countries, their citizens and China.
Rap Comes Home
It's quite a weekend for New York's prodigal child. Hip-Hop, that burst of youthful energy that was
Counting bodies and column inches
The Pistorius’ murder trial is a good time to review how New York Times reported on another South African killing: Marikana.
Marcus Garvey’s Africa
The historian Robert Vinson explores Garvey’s influence in South Africa in the 1920s and 1930s.