
Colonial Fantasies
Just a sample: A “Heart of Darkness”-themed ship, Tarzan in South Africa and a travelogue on the Congo River.
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Sean Henry Jacobs is the founder of Africa is a Country and Professor of International Affairs at The New School.

Just a sample: A “Heart of Darkness”-themed ship, Tarzan in South Africa and a travelogue on the Congo River.

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Thandi Newton choice as a female lead in the screen adaptation of “Half of a Yellow Sun” has some people upset.

A Mexican research group has listed the world’s most dangerous cities based on homicide rates. South Africa’s cities finish tops.

Paul Simon’s Graceland album and tour defied the cultural boycott, yet some argue it positively influenced South African music and politics in the late 1980s.


Before he died, most Americans had very negative views of Martin Luther King Jnr., or were ignorant about his aims. They still are.

The largest delegation of foreign coaches at Afcon is French and 8 squads draw more players from the French leagues, than elsewhere.

The possibility of a new politics emerging from the new left social movements to reconfigure the nation state.

Nas gets caught up in a musical scandal in Angola. Not how he wanted to make a connection to the continent.

Throwback: What happened when Trevor Noah made his debut on American network TV.

How Cape Town is used by advertising firms as a cheaper, stand-in location for Euro-American locations.

The legendary Senegalese singer is running for president. Not everyone takes him seriously.

Most Nigerians don’t trust their government and overpaid public representatives with taxpayers’ money. So, they rose up.

Does South Africa’s ruling ANC still fight for the same values it championed 100 years ago?