In Angola, the generals will be just fine
Beware the bling of banner headlines announcing free speech victories.
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Rita Nketiah
Rita Nketiah is a feminist researcher, writer and activist living in Accra, Ghana.
The Extreme Makeover of Patri$e Mot$epe
Motsepe was named South Africa’s first black dollar billionaire by Forbes Magazine.
There is more to my life than making photographs
In our series of interviews with young artists and creatives continue: This week’s guest: photographer and blogger, Nana Kofi Acquah.
The loss of “new” South African innocence
Moses Molelekwa, the brilliant South African pianist, composer and producer died by suicide on 13 February 2001. Florence Mtoba, his wife (also his manager) was found with him; she had been strangled.
When Kim Kardashian ‘419ed the 419ers’
The Lagos elite blows money at puffery, while most of Nigeria suffers. It’s the same as it ever was.
Weekend Music Break N°32
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bogqBbx-33o Friday/Weekend Bonus Music Breaks got side-tracked a bit lately because of the Afcon fever. Good
Cape Town goes Electronic
This weekend marks the 2nd year of the Cape Town Electronic Music Festival, an event that
Why is South Africa such a violent society
The heinous, brutal rape and subsequent slaughtering of Anene Booysen in South Africa's Western Cape province
How to deal with sexual violence in South Africa
It is not good enough to teach our sons not to rape. We need to teach our sons that a woman is not some “thing” placed on this planet just to satisfy whatever desire you have.
I want to play at the Voortrekker Monument
Here’s what some South African artists make of the country’s politics.
Africa is a Board Game
Players in the board game, “Ticket to Ride: The Heart of Africa,” are cast in the role of colonists, competing to make the largest imprint on Africa’s “vast wilderness.”
Sinophobia
Lesotho’s media and the “problem” of Chinese immigrant shop owners.
Capitalizing On a Violent Heritage
The politics of selling African art mostly collected during colonial era to private collectors.
When videos of abuses by police go viral in Angola
It marks the first time that videos went truly viral in a country in which only about 5% of the population has access to the internet.
The spirit of Ethiopian culture
Roxsanne Dyssell’s second in a series of interviews with young artists and creatives: Next: creative director and photoblogger,Metasebia Yoseph
Future Radioheads
The Children’s Radio Foundation, which trains young radio reporters, invited pop musician Colin Greenwood to South Africa. Would the trip break with celebrity conventions?
Pop Culture and Pirate Humanity
Barely any group has been as de-humanized as much in recent history as Somali pirates, treated almost like vermin to be rooted out.
African Football at The Shrine
Watching the African Nations Cup Final at The Shrine in Harlem.
The move is a win-win
Nigerian coach Stephen Keshi’s decision to resign one day after winning AFCON is a metaphor for the current political climate in Nigeria.
Mozambique’s Queen of Hip-Hop
Dama do Bling is sometimes called a Lusophone Queen Latifah and Mozambican Lil Kim. The comparison doesn’t always work.