When Kim Kardashian ‘419ed the 419ers’
The Lagos elite blows money at puffery, while most of Nigeria suffers. It’s the same as it ever was.
Culture
Capitalizing On a Violent Heritage
The politics of selling African art mostly collected during colonial era to private collectors.
The spirit of Ethiopian culture
Roxsanne Dyssell's second in a series of interviews with young artists and creatives: Next: creative director and photoblogger,Metasebia Yoseph
Future Radioheads
The Children’s Radio Foundation, which trains young radio reporters, invited pop musician Colin Greenwood to South Africa. Would the trip break with celebrity conventions?
Pop Culture and Pirate Humanity
Barely any group has been as de-humanized as much in recent history as Somali pirates, treated almost like vermin to be rooted out.
Mozambique’s Queen of Hip-Hop
Dama do Bling is sometimes called a Lusophone Queen Latifah and Mozambican Lil Kim. The comparison doesn't always work.
Africa’s supposed red earth
The Stadsschouwburg of Amsterdam, an iconic theater in the city, organizes a festival on the continent that consists mostly of the work of white artists.
Requiem for Les Éléphants d’Or
Or a playlist for Côte d'Ivoire's golden generation of footballers.
A lot of room for improvisation
An interview with South African jazz bassist Shane Cooper.
When Bob Marley went to Africa
Bob Marley was deeply shaped by his relationship to Africa — through faith, music, and Pan-African politics — visiting Kenya, Ethiopia, and Gabon. This relationship was marked by contradictions.
African Time
The web series, 'African Time,' focuses on the individual experiences of Africans living in the United States.
The madness we’ve eaten
Ghanaian artist Wanlov the Kubolor’s has an Afcon 2013 playlist for his country's national football team.
The immediacy of photography
The first in a series of interviews by Roxsanne Dyssell, a South African writer based in New York City. First: Photographer and photoblogger, Karabo Maine.
The Foreign Coach
Africa's men's national football teams have failed to improve under foreign coaches and there is nothing to suggest that this state of affairs will ever improve.
Nigerians don’t talk like that
Will Ferguson wrote a novel about Nigeria's 419 scams. He also won an award for it. Do we think it's a good read?
Songs for the Atlas Lions of Morocco
What music do young Moroccans listen to at home and in the diaspora right now?
Songs for Chipolopolo
The Zambian journalist canvassed his friends for a playlist of top Zambian tunes praising their footballing heroes.