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Like a bad joke
Israel's arms exports to African countries has more than doubled in the last four years: African countries spent $223m on Israeli arms in 2013 compared to $107m in 2012.
Why I am afraid of Ebola
I am afraid of Ebola because it is an enemy of critical and balanced thinking about Africa, about disease, about our common humanity.
What’s the matter with . . . Stellenbosch University
Legacies of colonialism and apartheid are etched into social dynamics of the town in the way its inhabitants occupy public space. The same goes for the university.
Germany has its own “Sinterklaas Scandal”
Why is it so difficult to understand when we Africans say that it’s offensive?
Let’s talk about ethnicity and nationalism in Ethiopia
Politics in and about Ethiopia has become so heavily “ethnicized” that we have a difficult time distinguishing between ideology and identity.
Niçoise with sweet potatoes
Differences can be harmonious and allow people to come together despite their background and roots.
Angola’s Forgotten Massacre
Lara Pawson's book about the complex and violent events on and after the 27th of May, 1977: the date of a supposed coup d’etat in Luanda, Angola.
Who profits from the production of blackface?
The Dutch state and its economy are profiting generously from their annual blackface partay.
Akon’s “giant Ebola air bubble”
That story about Akon, the Senegalese-American R&B singer, performing in an air bubble to thousands of screaming Congolese in Goma, because he doesn't want to get Ebola is false