What’s With The Empty Seats
South Africa is hosting the African Cup of Nations, but few locals go to the stadiums. People have more important things to do than watch football?
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The Democratic Republic of Congo Effect
What we learned from Day Six of the 2013 African Nations Cup held in South Africa.
What’s Best for American Policy in Africa
Would former US Assistant Secretary for Africa, Susan Rice, have been a good choice for Barack Obama's Secretary of State?
The New Breed of Lesotho Hip Hop
An idea of what's going down in Lesotho with the emcees whom I think will be making a considerable amount of noise in 2013.
Do South Africans care for Bafana Bafana
Three American students watch the African Cup of Nations at a South African restaurant in Brooklyn. Bafana Bafana played Cape Verde in a first round game.
Angolan football fans are no fools
Angola's Palancas Negras and the curse of the African Cup of Nations quarterfinals.
The Infiltrators
What will Netanyahu's re-election mean for African immigrants and refugees in Israel?
The elephants seemed somewhat long in the tusk
What we learned from day four of the 2013 African Cup of Nations being held in South Africa.
Playing for the home team
Most national teams that made it to the 2013 African Cup of Nations in South Africa play in Europe. Ethiopia is one of the few teams composed of mainly "home" based players.
Why the rhino is Newsmaker of the Year in South Africa
The divorce between social reality of post-apartheid South African and White South Africa.
The ‘Africa Rising’ Bandwagon
Al Jazeera falls for the fiction that business entrepreneurship and corporate capitalism will be Africa’s saving grace.