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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.
Black Presidents
When I was wrong as well as a snob about rappers and politics and readers called me on it.
The first-encounter aesthetic rush
Spoek Mathambo's whole oeuvre seems to point towards finding a new conversation.
When Richard Pryor dressed up as “a tribal bushman”
This was for the cover art of one of his comedy albums: "The cover looked totally real, like a cover of National Geographic."
John Akomfrah is Brilliant
British filmmaker John Akonfrah will be artist-in-residence this Spring at New York University's Institute of African American Affairs.
The American Right’s problem with Kenya
How did Kenya and Kenyans get their reputations in US politics, particularly among U.S.. rightwingers, as anti-American?
Dictators and Pop Stars
A number of North American pop artists have lent their star power to African dictators.