Culture

Do you need another rap film?
Do the foregrounding of celebrities and stories of human tragedy help or hurt two new films about hip hop in Uganda?

The constructions of whiteness in South Africa
The role documentary film in producing memory as it intersects with contemporary constructions of understanding apartheid and this post-apartheid period.


New blood coming on strong
Meta and the Corningstones: a humble and talented African-born reggae singer whose message is clear and sincere.

Moçambique Popular
Long before football blogging became commonplace and banal, Davy Lane wrote about football politics as a fan. Brilliantly.

“Keep Africa Alive,” Continued
The campaign is accompanied by print ads featuring celebrities in coffins to represent their digital deaths. Can this stop, please?