Political Violence: The cloud looming over Lesotho
Last week in Lesotho, opposition leaders Tom Thabane and Thesele ‘Maseribane fled to Botswana and South
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Sheila Adufutse
Sheila Adufutse is a feminist activist and trained as a project manager.
Kassav, and Jozi’s love for zouk
Kassav are a band formed in Paris in '79. They were in Johannesburg recently, where they
The Venice Biennale and the problem of nationalism
Okwui Enwezor’s “All the World’s Futures” is a radical attempt at shifting the paradigms of biennale models to create a more democratic society of artists and exhibition spaces.
The Adventures Of Uno July
South African hip hop audiences blatantly ignore Ill Skillz’ craft because they’re from Cape Town.
The Chronic Sketches “A New Cartography”
The latest issue of the Chronic, a quarterly gazette offshoot of the “project-based mutable object” that
The limits of debunking only the pseudoscience of race
What a very white book launch in a very black neighborhood in downtown Johannesburg reveals.
Thoughts on xenophobia from a South African in Mozambique
On Mozambican TV, South Africa is divided between the people of good will with their pots of rice, and the people of Goodwill with their knobkieries and pangas.
Why rapper Akala is good for TV
When the rapper Akala called out Britain’s racism on Frankie Boyle’s show.
Weekend Music Break No.75
Here's your weekend selection for May 23rd, 2015. To kick things off, just stop what you're
African poets for Africa
Badilisha is rare: an African project funded by a mix of government and private art donors, facilitating media access to African poets.
The oil giants are coming to Tanzania
International oil giants are bearing down on East Africa. Off the coast of Tanzania, the discovery
Liberating Ourselves from our Liberators
The truth of our global age is that autochthony, nativism, or heritage no longer define us exclusively. So, solidarity based on phenotype or heritage is dangerous.
How the Dutch government polices unwanted black bodies
Often championed as a human rights defender, the Netherlands continuously fails miserably in politically protecting and socially including refugees.
New Ways of Seeing The World
An interview with director Tala Hadid and producer Danny Glover of “A Narrow Frame of Midnight,” set amidst political turmoil in Morocco.
Letters to Hlompho Letsielo
In May 2015, Lesotho lost one of its most vibrant and creative minds, the photographer Hlompho Letsielo.
Dave Chappelle’s mother worked to free Congo
Yvonne Seon, later a college professor, thought Lumumba was a “decisive leader” that “cared deeply about his people.”
Black in Israel
The film ‘Red Leaves’ is a timely depiction of the Ethiopian-Israeli struggle.
The deal with China’s new military base in Djibouti
When are African states establishing joint military bases to secure trade routes or fight off piracy instead of diversifying the source of foreign influence on their territories?
What former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré’s July trial in Senegal means for his victims
Next month former president Hissène Habré, who ruled my native Chad from June 7, 1982 to
Hamba kahle, Raphael Tenthani
Tributes are pouring in from around the world for Raphael Tenthani, who has died in a