Born coloured, not born free
Jazz bassist Benjamin Jeptha’s latest project interrogates the meaning of Creole identity in South Africa, thirty years after the end of white-minority rule.
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The genuine goema captain of Cape Town
The musician Mac McKenzie, who passed away in April 2024, helped pioneer a sound that captured the Mother City’s Creole heritage.
The psychology of oppression and liberation
What would Fanon say about the ongoing genocide in Palestine?
Uprising in Kenya
This week on the AIAC podcast we’re talking about #RejectFinanceBill2024 and #RutoMustGo, the youth-led movements against Kenya’s out-of-touch elites.
I just want the beach
On the island of Fanon’s birth, French colonial violence persists.
What to do about the South African economy?
Some progressive economists argue that a bigger budget deficit is the solution to the country’s socio-economic woes. But it isn’t that straightforward.
The vibe is giving Kipchoge
The movement to #RejectFinanceBill2024 marks a new era in Kenyan politics after many years of discontent and political apathy.
United by football?
At the Euros, the French national football team isn’t talking about football, but the threat posed by a resurgent, xenophobic right-wing in Europe.
A TikTok revolution?
Kenyan youth are leading popular protests against regressive tax reforms that will worsen the country’s worsening cost of living crisis.
Neither anthem will do
Nigerians should reject both a song that conjures colonial memories and a tune that evokes years of military rule.
Compatriots, do we hail thee?
Nigeria’s anthem change comes at a time when citizens need to interrogate Tinubu’s first year in office and ask critical questions about what democracy means to them.
Stories untold
How a Senegalese trade unionist inspired one of the continent’s greatest filmmakers.