The Right to Grow Old: Photos of the Central American Migrant Crisis
Central American migration, and especially the migration of undocumented children from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras
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Sheila Adufutse
Sheila Adufutse is a feminist activist and trained as a project manager.
#SAHipHop2014: @Okmalumkoolkat has a new album
In 2010, I acquired an illegal copy of The Clonious' Between the dots LP after hearing
Music Video Premiere: DJ Mellow and Steloo’s “Séké”
Africa is a Country is pleased to premiere the music video for "Séké" by DJ Mellow and Steloo:
Is it a good idea to use blackface to shame racism?
The Dutch filmmaker Sunny Bergman put on blackface to fight the racist caricature Zwarte Piet.
The photographer Paul Strand’s Portraits of 1960s Ghana
With Kwame Nkrumah’s support, Strand’s last major photographic project was of Ghana over three months between 1963 and 1964.
Have we learned nothing?
Representing Africans as helpless and without dignity while showing ourselves as knowledgeable problem-solvers is the problem and not part of the solution.
Football between above and below
In “Futebol Nation,” British journalist David Goldblatt explores the social and political history of Brazilian football.
Making Azonto: Local Roots and International Branches
As a DJ, having the platform of Africa is a Radio to showcase the music I'm
Giving politicians a lyrical trashing
As far as rap group Keur Gui are concerned, nothing has changed in Senegal.
Belgium’s blackface problem
Racism in Belgium is endemic, and not taken seriously. Few people talk about it and even fewer are listening.
Kenya gets an Art Fair
Kenyan artists have to grapple with a number of challenges, including how to use digital platforms to promote and sell art at a fair price.
Soweto Punk Revolution
A punk festival comes close to what one would imagine the DIY-embracing, eccentricity-accepting and obedience-ignoring CBGB’s of the ‘70s to have been like.
Nelson Mandela founded a beauty contest
Weekend Special is basically highlights of the stuff we shared via social media, i.e. Twitter and Facebook. We fell off but feel it’s the right time to do it more regularly.
The limits of the idea of “alternative Africas”
How much energy should we invest in counterfactuals like: What if a diminished Europe, devastated by a plague, did not produce colonial powers, how might Africa’s history have unfolded?
5 Questions for a Filmmaker–Jihan El-Tahri
Legendary documentarian Jihan El-Tahri started her career as a journalist, working as a news agency correspondent
Mexico’s deadly virus
The United States lives in a state of constant fear. Currently, Ebola is to blame. The
Moni
I remember being awe-struck by a picture I saw in on the Sunday papers somewhere around
Fifty Four Kingdoms
The apparel and accessory company, 54 Kingdoms, makes fashion with “a pan-Africanist sensibility.” They thought the African Cup of Nations is a good place to start.
Bienvenidos a América Latina es un país
Latin America is a Country is the newest member of the Africa is a Country family. The section is coedited by Pablo Medina Uribe and Camila Osorio.
The Digital Mandela
Finding ways to deconstruct the legacy from reality when it comes to South Africa’s democratic president, Nelson Mandela.