It is as if a library burned down
Salafist fighters burn hundreds of rare manuscripts, some unique and centuries old, before leaving Timbuktu to French paratroopers.
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Sheila Adufutse
Sheila Adufutse is a feminist activist and trained as a project manager.
Songs for The Stallions
The Burkinabe rapper Art Melody’s playlist for Burkina Faso’s men’s national team in the 2013 African Cup of Nations.
Where were the South African media at Marikana
The myth of Marikana as self-defense by the police and the company should be conclusively consigned to the dung heap of historical perjury.
Severely muddy forest pathways
Number 11 in our series where we ask photographers about their 5 favorite photographs; how and where the images were made.
Songs for Bafana
The second in our playlists for the national teams in the 2013 African Cup of Nations. This one is for the hosts, South Africa.
The Blue Sharks in Mandela Bay
What we learned from Day 8 of the 2013 African Cup of Nations.
Songs for the Blue Sharks of Capo Verde
The first in our Africa Nations Cup 2013 playlists; to drown out the commentator if they are annoying you during the game.
Limbs in a Potion
DJ Sawa from Ghana, Supremos from Angola, and Irish-Nigerian Rejjie Snow, are part of Weekend Music Break, no. 30.
Death Metal in Angola
A review of a film on a metal genre produced by young Angolans in Huambo, the center of the protracted civil war that ended in 2002.
Saving and scoring penalties every day
What we learned from day seven of the 2013 African Cup of Nations.
The Johannesburg Cup of Nations
The spirit of the African Cup of Nations is infectious in the streets of Johannesburg, especially in the inner city where different African nationalities coexist.
The Story about Africa’s “First Woman Billionaire”
Where does Isabel dos Santos’s wealth come from? Her country’s resources are basically treated as her family’s property.
What’s With The Empty Seats
South Africa is hosting the African Cup of Nations, but few locals go to the stadiums. People have more important things to do than watch football?
The Democratic Republic of Congo Effect
What we learned from Day Six of the 2013 African Nations Cup held in South Africa.
What’s Best for American Policy in Africa
Would former US Assistant Secretary for Africa, Susan Rice, have been a good choice for Barack Obama’s Secretary of State?
What we learned from day five of Afcon 2013
South Africa's form has been dismal for a while now. Pre-Afcon, Elliot Ross concluded here that
The New Breed of Lesotho Hip Hop
An idea of what’s going down in Lesotho with the emcees whom I think will be making a considerable amount of noise in 2013.
Do South Africans care for Bafana Bafana
Three American students watch the African Cup of Nations at a South African restaurant in Brooklyn. Bafana Bafana played Cape Verde in a first round game.
Angolan football fans are no fools
Angola’s Palancas Negras and the curse of the African Cup of Nations quarterfinals.
The Infiltrators
What will Netanyahu’s re-election mean for African immigrants and refugees in Israel?