Not all the news that’s fit to print
How the U.S.'s paper of record, the New York Times, "debates" South Africa's "future."
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On African Fiction(s)
Who decides where African fiction begins and ends and which (African) writers fall within its ambit?
While we wait for election results in Mali
Here's a selection of articles that go the extra mile and poke holes in the narrow frame of the "Malian crisis."
The Story of South Africa’s Very Violent Farms
Thanks to labor groups in Sweden, a major importer of South African wine, who have recently called attention to labour abuses on farms.
Malians educating Malians
SOS Democracy wants to raise voter turnout, educate them on their choices and hold the candidates and government accountable to voters.
What’s wrong with the Germans?
German reality shows that travel to Africa have the feel of colonial era ethnographic films in how they perpetuate the image of the ‘primitive other’
What is the new image of Africa?
“Africa is finally seizing control of its image” goes the mantra. But which Africa and which image?
The Bicycle Thief
A new Israeli law orders asylum-seekers to be detained for an unlimited period without judicial oversight or criminal proceedings, even for misdemeanors like bicycle or cell-phone theft.