• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Sean Henry Jacobs

The New York Times columnist, whose reporting is very influential in elite public opinion about Africa, prefer white "bridge characters."

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Tom Devriendt

A graphic novel written and illustrated by a group of Congolese graphic artists, take stock of a half-century of independence for the DRC.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Sean Henry Jacobs

Breeze Yoko's mural highlights three African political icons: Steve Biko, Amilcar Cabral and Kwame Nkrumah.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Allison Swank

Our film critic, Allison Swank, rewatches the 1985 film. Her verdict: "Out of Africa" is a media nostalgia piece for a time when whites ruled in Africa.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Sonja Sugira

A short film imagines what if Pele, who can claim to be the G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time), scored his final international goal against Argentina, Brazil's greatest rival.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

What often gets lost within the narratives of oppression and exile is that the 1960s and 1970s also proved to be an exceptionally vibrant and creative period.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie observes that international soccer allows for “a kind of nationalism that expands as your country loses.”

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Sonja Sugira

The photographer Krisanne Johnson believes you can learn many things about a country by the way youth live—from fashion to music to home environments.

• Sonja Sugira

The comedy "Get him to the Greek" is a forgettable vehicle for Russell Brand, except for the spoof music video "African Child" opening the film.

• Allison Swank

How much damage, if any, did "Coming to America" do to a generation of young Americans' views of Africa and Africans?

• Sonja Sugira

We should talk about American celebrities' obsession with adopting African babies. The mostly unfunny comedian Pauly Shore is not our guide.

• Sean Henry Jacobs