• Sean Henry Jacobs

An edited version of this post appeared in the South African newspaper, City Press, as part of "Thought We Had Something Going," an e-anthology exploring post-1994 experiences.

• Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

In his life and books, Alex La Guma struggled for a society in which all people could find their humanity, argues his friend Ngugi wa Thiong'o.

• Michael Mutyaba

A group of young Ugandans employ poetry and storytelling to speak out against state repression, corruption and abuse of power.

• Natalia Linares
• Francisco Perez

The hit song and its production reflect everything that is wrong with the music industry and how it exploits the cultural production of communities of color.

• Keren Weitzberg

Jeffrey Gettleman was until recently the East Africa correspondent for The New York Times. He left Africans a memoir, 'Love, Africa.'

• Gwen Ansell

When Cape Jazz found a perfect mix with R&B, fusion and pop.

• Haythem Guesmi

The number of African migrants who have lost their lives in the Mediterranean is a tragedy, shamefully under-analyzed over the past 20 years.

• Erin MacLeod

The story of the Rastafari community who moved to their promised land of Ethiopia on land granted by Haile Selassie in the late 1950s as thanks for diaspora's support during the Italian occupation.

• Anakwa Dwamena

A Nigerian immigrant to the Bronx, New York, Osaretin Ugiagbe documents the lives of his friends and strangers on the streets.

• Robina Marks

A black woman, born in Cape Town, returns to the city to buy a house where she will hopefully retire.

• Noah Tsika

 The American network VICE turns to Nigeria and its film industry as a further source of wonder for its mostly white correspondents.

• Fred Van Leeuwen

Liberians should not be guinea pigs in an experiment to transform public education into a market opportunity for foreign capital.

• Kenichi Serino

There have been few protests in South Africa’s post-Apartheid history that are as documented as Fees Must Fall. Add Aryan Kaganof’s “Metalepsis in Black” to the list.

• Boima Tucker

Contrary to the utopian dreams of the early internet, the idea of a more democratic communications space has given way to a system of capitalist exploitation, including how we consume music.

• Anakwa Dwamena

Few immigrants make the connection between their immigration status and the potential for deportation if they came into contact with the criminal justice system.

• Didi Cheeka

What personal and collective memory is evoked when we encounter films from a historical period?

• Chika Unigwe

For the Star Boys, a West-African performance collective based in Antwerp, Belgium, the dream of playing professional football in Europe found its revival in theatre.

• Shobana Shankar

The playwright Mfoniso Udofia is trying to debunk the “typical” understanding of Africa, and specifically Nigeria, in her work.

• Magee McIlvaine

• Káyọ̀dé Fáníyì

What's missing from feminist readings of Nollywood romantic comedy 'Isoken' are readings that gets at the film's racial politics.