It feels like 1980: On the fall of Mugabe
For Zimbabweans, we're back where we started, then. Hope, no change. Still.
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Everything happening to you is a wound
In a new film, five young Zulu women set off on a trek in Africa’s oldest nature reserve, as the latter is threatened by coal mines and rhino poachers.
Eritrea beyond the media fanfare
So far, the only real beneficiaries of the rapprochement between Ethiopia and Eritrea are Ethiopia and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki.
The Rugby revolution is not being televised
Rugby in South Africa is generally understood to be a white sport, but contemporary statistics reveal that a great many more black people than white people play rugby there.
Taking a Mallett to SuperSport
When former Springbok Ashwin Willemse walked off a SuperSport TV set, he forced conversations on racism in South African rugby and its sports media.
Black skin, white ally
The complicated relationship of Jean -Paul Sartre and Frantz Fanon.
The US and France backs Cameroon’s reign of terror
When will the state-sanctioned violence in Cameroon be sufficient to cause Western nations to stop supporting President Paul Biya and his military?
Archiving Addis Ababa
Photography has a long history in Ethiopia. Today a team of archivers is using it to collect the memories of Ethiopians between the 1940s and 1980s.
Why governance will go from bad to worse in Zimbabwe
Recent events reveal the Mnangagwa administration in Zimbabwe will extend, if not intensify, the kleptocracy, corruption and repression of the Mugabe regime.
A tribute to Ron Dellums, radical
Former US Congressman and Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums, who passed away recently, played a leading role in the global fight against South African Apartheid in the 1980s.
The Nigerian way
The feature film, 'Kasala,' feels like a documentary film about the Nigerian condition and appeals to anyone who has ever been poor.
Time traveling with Manu Dibango
Manu Dibango has been here for centuries, and he ain't goin' away any time soon.