Ali Bongo loves America
Gabon's unsavory Life President came to visit the US. Probably to discuss oil deals. He became collatoral damage in the US right's media war against Barack Obama. So less time to focus on Bongo. So a win for him then.
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Sean Henry Jacobs
Sean Henry Jacobs is the founder of Africa is a Country and Professor of International Affairs at The New School.
The Global Imagination of James Baldwin
An interview with Rich Blint, a James Baldwin scholar. Biggest takeaway: Baldwin lamented the fragile human impulse for categorization.
The Best African Movie
The Congolese film, Viva Riva, is no high-minded, French-funded "cinema" — it’s a gritty gangster film.
Sarah Palin is going to Sudan
The main reaction to Palin is to mock her, but the problem is someone like her got those close to the most powerful office globally. That should scare us.
An Ordinary Killing
Riveting piece of journalism in this weekend’s New York Times Magazine as well as an accompanying
Crazy Bald Heads
Blackwater mostly recruits from former US soldiers and former soldiers from dictatorships like Apartheid South Africa
Paul Kagame Spins Youtube
Paul Kagame is a skilled media operator. Sending unprepared interviewers his way, is not how to do journalism.
When Thelonious Monk first met Dollar Brand
By 1964, Dollar Brand (later Abdullah Ibrahim) had already made 3 LP's as a bandleader. He was living in Switzerland and had just gotten a boost from Duke Ellington.
Oh, Canada
Sean, AIAC's editor, reflects, in a drive-buy fashion, on Canada's travel rules and some reasons why Toronto is a great place to visit.
Zim Ngqawana
Zim Ngqawana (b. 1959), a prominent figure in the second generation of South African jazz musicians, passed away on Monday.
Some Men in South Africa
A 13-year-old South African girl is the latest victim of “corrective rape,” in which men rape
The films of Kivu Ruhorahoza
A sobering representation of the psychic scars that still haunt many Rwandans after the 1994 genocide.
Mad Max in Botswana
Botswana has a thriving heavy metal scene. These metal heads have their own specific style too.
The ANC Goes Pop
Political parties in South Africa have a new challenge during elections: commissioning a pop ditty people can dance to while political candidates make empty promises from stages.
The Representation of Ghana
Could "Sakawa," a form of internet scamming popular in Ghana, be a means by which to make to sense of contemporary life there?
Prince Amukamara of New York
It’s the socialist National Football League (of America’s) Draft in New York City this week and
This is Freedom
The new reality show "Clifton Shores," promises Americans "fun" views of life in Cape Town. Without trying it probably will expose the ugly reality of racism and inequality in the city.
It’s time to be offended
Middle class South African inertia and the police murder of activist Andries Tatane during a protest in town in the Free State province.
When it hits, you feel no pain
Music and politics are often intimate partners in society, whether an artist consciously connects them. What role does music play in the politics of today's world?
Tim Hetherington 1970-2011
The war and conflict photographer Tim Hetherington started his career in the conflicts in Liberia and Sierra Leone, where he did not just photograph war.