The Latin American Idol
How a Mexican show helped to construct a patchy and ill-defined “Latin American” identity.
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Sheila Adufutse
Sheila Adufutse is a feminist activist and trained as a project manager.
Mohamed so-and-so from such-and-such
Ridley Scott’s “Exodus” and deeply rooted issues of bigotry and racism in Hollywood.
Lessons for black South Africa in black America
Many middle-class black South Africans hold poor and working-class blacks in disregard if not disdain, and believe poor blacks hold themselves back.
The African Sources of Knowledge Digital Library
Organized at Harvard University, this digital library contains rare handwritten and out-of-print African language documents of non-latinate scripts.
The history of Nigeria’s 1990s democracy movement
What has been the personal legacy and costs to the Abiola women in Nigeria’s struggle for democracy.
Visual Artist Anthony Bila’s Black History March
Since the early days of photographic image-making, the camera has been referred to as a “mirror
The University as a Place to Think
How we harness knowledge to the ethical injunctions we uphold against marginality, pain or suffering, on a global scale.
5 Questions for a Filmmaker–Teddy Goitom
Teddy Goitom is a Swedish-Ethiopian/Eritrean content producer and the founder of Stocktown (1998), “a cultural movement celebrating
Remembering Differently
Slavery, despite its centrality to South Africa’s founding, remains on the periphery of popular and institutional memory there.
Between polarization and transition
Brazil, under the Workers’ Party, even if it’s still struggling with enormous poverty and social inequality, has managed to improve tremendously.
The guns in the shooting gallery
Mexico has never healed from the state violence that meets student revolts, dating back to 1968.
The Rise of Grace Mugabe of Zimbabwe
With the exception of Hillary Clinton’s attempt at entering politics during Bill Clinton’s first term as president there hasn’t been a more contentious First Lady.
Lost in Frustration
Can we teach about Latin America not exploiting its shock-value or as a ready-to-consume entity?
Weekend Special, No 1002
A bunch of us went to the African Studies Association's annual meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana. This
Apartheid Israel
Is it fair to compare Israel to Apartheid South Africa? And no, making the comparison is not antisemitic.
Edwin Chota is dead
What’s driving the violence against Latin American environmentalists?
The Struggle of Afrocolombian Music
Understanding the complex cultural history of Africolombians and how difficult it has been for its artists to fight for recognition.
How not to write about Africa: Use “African Spring”
The “Arab Spring” has become our reference point for revolutions in this digital age, including in Africa south of the Sahara. It’s ahistorical.
Constant Messiah
Singer Kaneng Lolang is a cosmopolitan currently living in Ouagadougou. She’s spent quality time in Siberia and Brooklyn, but her roots are in Nigeria, Lagos, specifically
Africa Cartoons
A digital archive featuring the work of over 180 cartoonists from throughout the African continent.