If Africa is a country, then Fidel Castro is one of our national heroes
On 25 November 2016, Fidel Castro passed away. To many Africans Fidel was a hero, playing a central role in their liberation from colonialism.
Articles by
Sean Jacobs
Sean Jacobs, Founder and Editor of Africa is a Country, is on the faculty of The New School and a Shuttleworth Fellow.
All you need to know about Ghana’s December 2016 elections
We asked a group of experts--journalists, academics and an architect--a bunch of questions about the elections. First: Does it matter whoever Ghanaians elect as president?
The Upright Man, Thomas Sankara
Burkina Faso is finally beginning to do right by the memory of revuolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara.
On Safari, Summer 2016 Edition
Don't worry, we'll cook up some stuff for the fall and we'll be back on September 1. In the meantime, you can go potter around the website and catch up on our archive.
Postapartheid South Africa’s negative moment
The political theorist Achille Mbembe, from the University of the Witswatersrand in Johannesburg, describes South Africa
No normal sport in an abnormal society
Recently, Aubrey Bloomfield, a graduate student at The New School, and I wrote a piece for
The ‘Big Man’ Syndrome in Africa
Why do so many African leaders overstay their welcome or break electoral rules?
On Safari
The year that Prince Akeem, Queen Aoleon, King Jaffe Joffer and the "African" Kingdom of Zamunda made a spectacular comeback.
Weekend Music Break No.83 – Banned in Nigeria edition
This summer Nigeria’s Broadcasting Corporation, or whoever is in charge of censoring content there, decided to
Weekend Music Break No.71
Boima is on vacation this week, so the rest of us scanned the music pages. We
You’re African?: You can never become fully South African
For African immigrants to South Africa, belonging may be akin to that of brown or black person somewhere in Europe. That's how alienating South Africa can be.
If Maradona is football’s god, Galeano wrote its holy book
Three of my favorite entries copied from Galeano's "Soccer in Sun and Shadow."