The State Of African Hip Hop
Hip-hop in Africa is diverse — no single sound defines it. Electro-chaabi, mbalax-influenced rap, and house-sampling styles all reflect the continent’s broad musical scope.
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A brief history of Nigeria’s Super Eagles
There are no records of when the first official football match was played in Nigeria, but it started in the 1920s.
The African presence in Western Art
Interview with curators Sylviane Diouf (Schomburg Center) and Joaneath Spicer (Walters Art Museum) about the African presence in Western and Asian art.
Paul Kagame’s Rabbi
Shmuley Boteach promotes the Rwandan dictator in the US Jewish community and to other Americans as a friend of Israel, Boteach's other foreign cause.
Black Style in an Age of Sight for the Speechless
The third in a series of four posts to commemorate 90 years since James Baldwin's birth.
A question of competency
A very short introduction to Peter Mutharika, Malawi's new President.
Friendship Forever
China is building new football stadiums in Africa. If its “agenda” of stadium diplomacy has been concealed, it hasn’t really been hidden very far from view.
Adam Sandler’s “Africa”
It's unfunny and borderline offensive. But Late night TV talk shows can't get enough of it.