Sandra Bland and The Beatles
Bland, who died in police custody after a traffic stop in Texas, embodied a rare charismatic self-possession that disrupts social orders.
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What is ‘Champeta Urbana’?
An interview with musician, Kevin Flórez, about how a music imported by West African sailors to 1970s Colombia became the soundtrack of his city, Cartagena.
Israel’s “blackwashing”
Israel's promotion of itself as a technologically-advanced "white savior" on an aid mission to poor black nations, is a marketing ploy to cover the occupation.
The ‘Brazil of Africa’
That's not a compliment. It is about how development institutions are financing land grabs in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Tweezus, Da Gawd
The producer and beatmaker, Tweezy, is behind many of 2014 and 2015's most successful South African hip hop somgs.
Music, Tradition and Race
The combined sounds of indigenous groups from northern Colombia with the drums imported with African slaves in Cartagena, once the biggest slave port of the American continent.
The Obama Sevens
A complete run-down of all the craziness going down in Kenya ahead of Barack Obama’s visit.
The lesson of Marikana
The relationship between the massacre of workers at Marikana and the rational destiny of market fundamentalism.
El Chapo’s New Escape
El Chapo is already a cartoon that has too much literature. Just like the Mexican government has too much corruption.