My Favorite Photographs N°17: Thina Zibi
Thina Zibi demonstrates with her images the incredible innovation evident in contemporary South African design and style.
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Summer Reading List
What are some Africa Is a Country editors and contributors reading during their northern hemisphere summer break?
Barack Obama’s “Power Africa”
Obama's energy program for Africa, risks appearing tentative and small-bore, like much of the administration’s Africa policy.
Whose “new African writing”?
Finding more multilingual literary pathways will benefit all of African — and world — literatures.
An environmental calamity
The South African photographer Gideon Mendel's images of people affected by flooding in seven sites, including Nigeria.
Autonomy in Barcelona
The story of the Mount Zion community, largely made up of West African men collecting scrap metal all over Barcelona.
A history of violence
This is the second in a 3 part series of posts on sexual violence against women, focuses on the campaign strategies of groups led by men who fight gender-based violence.
The responsibility of media to women
Most men in South Africa share the same ideas about manhood that fuel assaults against women. The media should keep the spotlight on that.
The infamous Cape Town hospitality
Will Barack Obama get a frosty reception when he visits South Africa this weekend?
Angola’s Biennale
It is hard to find critics asking what Angolan artist Edson Chagas’s work does, the context through which it was produced, or the social conditions it draws attention to.