What can Africans learn from the Greek crisis?
I asked African and Africanist thinkers and commentators what they make of Syriza's approach to dealing with creditors and what wider connections they can draw to our conditions.
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Flying to Frankfurt with a Super Eagle
The author writes about a fleeting encounter with the former captain of Nigeria's national football team, Sunday Oliseh.
The Dream is Free
A documentary film follows basketball Serge Ibaka on his return to the country of his birth, The Republic of Congo.
A more complete narrative about global hip hop
An interview with documentary filmmaker, Adam Sjöberg, on the choices he made for his film, "Shake the Dust," about documentary.
Morocco joins the miniskirt wars
In Morocco, the real story is once more that of women organizing, pushing back and pushing forward, creating new spaces precisely where others try to shut them down.
Can Football Still be Political?
Chile's 2015 Copa America win won’t heal any of the political or social issues Chile is dealing with. But that's fine.
What about this cartoon
What happened when an Argentinean cartoonist took inspiration from an iconic moment in African-American struggle, replaced the black athletes with monochrome white figures to make a point about gay rights.
Why is Facebook asking me how to pronounce my name?
Facebook has decided my name is weird and hard and I have to prevent awkward situations by teaching my “Friends” how to say it.
Hillary and Bill Clinton’s Past in Haiti
It’s surprising how little the failures and destruction of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s presence in Haiti have been brought up so far.
An Independence Manifesto
Black people should not be held not responsible for the social limits and ideologies undergirding legal structures.