The Worlds of Tyler Perry
There's little depth in Tyler Perry’s films or characters, and he may not serve Black community, but his financial success and large Black working-class following is undeniable.
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Sean Henry Jacobs
Sean Henry Jacobs is the founder of Africa Is a Country. He currently edits the Eleven Named People newsletter.
The Tribeca Film Festival
Previewing film festivals in the United States and their African offerings is exhausting: there’s little to excite, or the same familiar tropes and themes repeat.
Apartheid is a museum that no one visits
How much do young South Africans, especially college students, know about their history? Not much, if these videos are any indication.
Hasbara Studies
A new website, "Islam in Africa," claims to be a scholarly. On closer inspection, it turns out to be run of the mill Zionist propaganda.
Apartheid was a White Party on Steroids
Annie Liebovitz's insights of South Africa under apartheid was quite ordinary: basically she sound like every other white visitor.
Darfur to Brooklyn
Approximately 300 Darfuri immigrants from Sudan live in Kensington neighboorhood of Brooklyn in New York, making new lives.
The Soap Bar
The Girifna Movement, a social movement in northern Sudan, encourages voting and advocates for peaceful change amidst the country's depressing election scenario.
West Africa just can’t get a break
My latest roundup of happenings that couldn't get the full standalone post treatment.
Traces of Bhekumuzi Luthuli
White South African and Americans musicians have borrowed heavily and built a careers off the Maskandi music pioneered by working class musicians like Luthuli.
The Celebrity Scramble for Africa
The 1884 and 1885 meetings in Berlin of Euro-American powers to divide up the riches and territories of Africa are being reprised. By and for celebrities.
Nicholas Kristof wants it both ways
The New York Times columnist traveled to Zimbabwe and wrote two totally different stories for his paper that read like night and day.
Regarding Julius Malema
Julius Malema is equally a creation of the ANC and the South Africa's media. He is, however, the ANC's responsibility. How long it will take before ANC leaders kick him out?
Is this Nollywood?
A lot of people, not just Nigerians or its media, are pleased with white South African photographer Pieter Hugo's portrayal of Nollywood.
The Messiah
There is something tail-swishingly devilish about the way Lionel Messi runs with a football.
Vote Sudan
The result may be a foregone conclusion, but it hasn't stop young Sudanese, via the Girifna Movement, working to get the vote out using music.
Eugene Terreblanche is Dead
The murder of the racist, far-right politician provides further fuel for the victim discourse among white South Africans.
Somalia’s colonizers dressed well
Jeffrey Gettleman, The New York Times’ Africa Correspondent, frequently seizes opportunities to slander Africans while praising their colonizers.
Prodigal Son
A white man dressed like Mobuto with two black "assistants" in tow, throw around fake money in Basel. What's this about?
The National Sport of South Africa
Social progressives in South Africa would like to believe otherwise, but the country is mostly socially rightwing and conservative.
Illegal or Dead
Sorious Samura joined African migrants trying to make it to Europe for menial jobs and loneliness.