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#Kony2005
The writer revisits his notes from 2005 when he visited Acholiland, the site of a conflict between the LRA and Uganda's military.

Germany’s Turn
What to make of Germany’s newest arts funding program for the African continent, TURN, a 2 million Euro art and culture initiative that will last till 2015.

Our love is hot for Tiwa Savage
The music video for Tiwa Savage's "Ife wa Gbona" is as engrossing as the song. With its blend of pop, juju and highlife It bring up warm feelings in the listener.

If dolls never die, neither does their past
The artist Gérard Quenum's work suggest that society’s collective bad parenting and maltreatment cannot ever, completely ransack the spirit.

Africa is a Jockey
Will the breakthrough of a Swazi jockey in British horse racing change the global stakes for Africa and its diaspora's riders?

Tintingate
Coming to grips with historically racist stereotypes and colonial traces in children's literature.

Race, Entitlement and Gay Pride in South Africa
In supposedly post-apartheid South Africa - where political and economic power are at odds - what happens in gay spaces?

Bring the Beat Home
The documentary, "Soul Power," captures a moment in African-American music during the 1970s: testing its boundaries in Kinshasa, Zaire.