Nigeria’s Super Eagles are back
The writer is cautiously optimistic (for once) that Nigeria will win its third Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa.
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Sheila Adufutse
Sheila Adufutse is a feminist activist and trained as a project manager.
Our African Cup of Nations 2013 predictions
So first we gave you the back story. Now here's our official predictions for the African
Yoruba Cool
Africa is everywhere on “Landing on a Hundred,” the new album by American guitarist and singer, Cody ChesnuTT. It’s in the instrumentation, the arrangements and in his voice.
Key and Peele Unchained
Sean has blogged here before about the American sketch comedy duo Key and Peele. Around the same time
A Very Short History of the Africa Cup of Nations
The big kick-off is nearly upon us. Just 11 months after that extraordinary Zambian triumph in
Futbol Is a Country
We want to present a more global, postcolonial (for want for a better word) take on world football.
What kind of home is the “Home Office” anyway?
Why do they call it the Home Office, when that agency dedicates its resources to expelling,
The ‘Promised Land’ in Mozambique
Gregor Zielke’s photos capture a coal mining company’s broken promises to a Mozambican community, but also the communities’ resilience.
To hear musicians breathe
An ode to The Mahogany Room, the pre-eminent live jazz venue in Cape Town, South Africa.
Eggs and omelettes
The existence of African billionaires are not positive evidence of “Africa rising,” but testament to the extreme inequality characterizing economic growth on the continent.
God is a profitable and deadly business in Angola
In post-socialist, growth-oriented Angola, the rich are getting richer and the poor have only their faith.
France in Mali: The End of the Fairytale
This is not a neo-colonial offensive. The argument that it is might be comfortable and familiar, but it is bogus and ill-informed.
The Discovery Channel’s Africa
Plying potential audiences with expansive vistas, mystery, exotic landscapes, and ancient holdovers are time worn formulas when presenting Africa to Western audiences.
Is Chester Missing blackface?
He performs to packed-out theatres and is a regular correspondent on a satirical television news show,
On Safari
We are taking a collective break from blogging until Thursday, January 10th to give us a
S is for Samora Machel
We asked about a dozen Africa Is a Country contributors what their favorite books of 2012 were. Here are their picks.
The Top 10 Soundclouds of 2012
Every few years my mode of music discovery changes. I went from browsing the racks of
My Subjective List of The Best Albums of 2012
In any case, here’s 10 albums I liked this year; in no particular order. It includes Alabama Shakes, Isaac Mutant, Kendrick Lamar and Bruce Springsteen.
10 Albums You Might Have Missed in 2012
Janka Nabay, Ben Zabo, Sinkane, Jagwa Music, Kanyi, Youssoupha, Kyle Shepherd, Ebo Taylor, Karantamba and Francis Bebey.
When the moving picture merges with the sonic beat
Our very biased selection of the top 10 music videos of 2012.