Palestine Scores
European football officials may have missed it, but Palestine already scored several goals in this season’s UEFA Champions League.
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The political arrest of Bandile Mdlalose
Bandile is a giant of the Abahlali baseMjondolo social movement, which agitates for housing for poor, black people,
The rains down in Africa
Why is Toto's 'Africa," a song with ridiculous lyrics, so popular with everyone? It has to be the melody and the hook.
The Jews of Africa
How some American Zionists make connections between Israel and Rwanda.
Democracy is the Best Form of Democracy
Conceiving of the relationship between public space and positions of power as a hall of mirrors.
No wonder Winnie Mandela objected to this
The film "Winnie Mandela" is what happens when you combine bad history and bad filmmaking.
The Story of Sankofa
A former student of Kofi Awoonor remembers the famed Ghanaian writer who was killed in a terror attack by Al Shabaab in Niairobi, Kenya.
Mulatu Astatke is a legend
When the author heard Astatke's music, it was like listening to hip-hop for the first time.