‘The media and war-mongering’
Journalist Maggie Fick is covering South Sudan's self-determination referendum for the AP. She's only one of
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Rita Nketiah
Rita Nketiah is a feminist researcher, writer and activist living in Accra, Ghana.
Africa in black and white in the 1970s
Preview (and more information in French) of images from the exhibition, "The Ritual of the pose--Africa
New cartoon reps urban West Africa
By Allison Swank One of the first of its kind out of West Africa, the new
Music Break
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeUxzYbQQSo&w=500&h=307&rel=0] The video for "Fairy Tale" by South African-based Mozambican band, 340ml. The video was shot
What's West Africa got to do with it?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOQk_pWmisA&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Folgers coffee's 2009 TV commercial. H/T: JohnNess
Naipaul loves the cats
In the latest issue of The New York Review of Books, novelist Norman Rush reviews V.S.
Picture the Children
In December 2009 the photographer Emmanuel Andre and filmmaker Stephanie Wang Breal went on a trip
The Waka Waka Award*
This may yet become a weekly award on AIAC. The inaugural Waka Waka Award--name in honor
Music Break
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADTUDx8-Pbg&w=500&h=307&rel=o] Last Sunday against Chelsea, Sunderland's Ghanaian striker Asamoah Gyan scored his team's second goal on
Clichés and Social Truths
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkTVDDrUS4Y&w=500&=307&rel=0] I'd be interested in people's reading of this short video spotted on Youtube, above, which
’10 things you can learn from a Nigerian’
"One in five Africans is Nigerian and they certainly represent throughout the Diaspora. Much of the
Learning Zulu
The author, a German journalist new to South Africa, writes about her first impressions and experiences, especially with local whites; so different from anything she knew or experienced before.
'A guide to the rest of Africa'
GOOD, a magazine with a vague purpose (it is supposed to be "dedicated to social causes,"
Clifton Beach
Steve Gordon's series of photographs of Clifton Beach (in this case Fourth Beach) on Cape Town's
Mother Russia
New York City artist Maria Buyondo grew up in Russia and Sweden, the child of a Russian mother and an Ugandan father.
“Afropolis”
This photograph of Soccer City, the venue for the opening and closing games of the
The Sudanese architect
The film “Limbo” covers the frustated life and dreams of Sudanese immigrant and trained architect, Issam.
Asa – Be My Man
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNUgJMDsOuY&w=500&h=307&rel=0] If you don't notice the awkward "acting" at the outset of this music video and
Can't Make This Stuff Up
Myanmar/Burma's oppressive junta pulled off two feats this week: first they cooked the elections ensuring a
Yoweri Museveni busts a move
Uganda’s President, in power since 1986, has tried to appeal to the country’s youth by rapping. Is it any good?