Future Radioheads
The Children’s Radio Foundation, which trains young radio reporters, invited pop musician Colin Greenwood to South Africa. Would the trip break with celebrity conventions?
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Sheila Adufutse
Sheila Adufutse is a feminist activist and trained as a project manager.
Pop Culture and Pirate Humanity
Barely any group has been as de-humanized as much in recent history as Somali pirates, treated almost like vermin to be rooted out.
African Football at The Shrine
Watching the African Nations Cup Final at The Shrine in Harlem.
The move is a win-win
Nigerian coach Stephen Keshi’s decision to resign one day after winning AFCON is a metaphor for the current political climate in Nigeria.
Mozambique’s Queen of Hip-Hop
Dama do Bling is sometimes called a Lusophone Queen Latifah and Mozambican Lil Kim. The comparison doesn’t always work.
Africa’s supposed red earth
The Stadsschouwburg of Amsterdam, an iconic theater in the city, organizes a festival on the continent that consists mostly of the work of white artists.
Nigeria, Kings of Africa
It is appropriate that Stephen Keshi, an African champion with Nigeria in 1994, coached the team to victory in South Africa.
Wayne Rooney and a rhinoceros
The ultimate preview of the 2013 Afcon Final: Will it be Stephen Keshi’s time or can the Burkinabé shock the world in Soweto?
Requiem for Les Éléphants d’Or
Or a playlist for Côte d’Ivoire’s golden generation of footballers.
The problems with MediaStorm’s filmmaking
MediaStorm went to Angola to make a short film about de-mining. Their techniques gave us pause.
Philosophy and dancing outside the European tradition
A couple of weeks ago Hamid Dabashi's article “Can Non-Europeans Think?” was making the usual hype motions on
Ghanaian Hip-Hop Lyricist M.anifest Writes for Us: Laments of a Disappointed Ghana Black Stars Fan
Oh Ghana Black Stars! Again? Our time in the trophy-less wilderness just got a 3 year
Burkina Faso is this year’s Zambia
A footballing minnow has shocked the great names of African football with a series of audacious, spirited displays, making it all the way to the 2013 Afcon final.
Africa Remix Conference
Well, the snowstorm in Boston will be shortening the length of the conference, and the performance
Photographer Mário Macilau’s Portraits of the “Forgotten” Elderly
On display this month at the Centro Cultural Franco-Moçambicano in Maputo are Mozambican photographer Mário Macilau's
The Story of a South African Farm
As of March 1 this year, the new base salary for farm workers in South Africa
A lot of room for improvisation
An interview with South African jazz bassist Shane Cooper.
Peter Beinart went to South Africa
Somebody tell Beinart support for Palestinians is not support for Muslims over Jews in the ruling party. It’s for an occupied people over a repressive state.
When Bob Marley went to Africa
Bob Marley, like many other Rastas, also shared a desire to visit the African continent or, if possible, to live there.
Ronald Reagan’s Africa
Reagan is celebrated as a world statesman and champion of democracy, but this not how many outside the US experienced his time in office.