
Smashing patriarchy, one hip hop cypher at a time
'Words of a Rebel Sistah' wants to create a counter-culture in which women are liberated and all forms of oppression are eradicated.

'Words of a Rebel Sistah' wants to create a counter-culture in which women are liberated and all forms of oppression are eradicated.

A brief history of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, stanning and the trap of #blackgirlmagic.

In this installment of our "Liner Notes," the Nigerian musician, Villy, writes about his band's EP, "Humananimals."

South African creatives of Muslim background interact matter-of-factly with their social identity. An interview with playwright and novelist Nadia Davids.

First class cricket in South Africa, once a white man's preserve, is now technically open to all, but it is a game of money, dazzle, dancing girls and quick results.

Weekend Music Break, No.104 is just a playlist of ten great songs accompanied by predictably striking visuals from across Africa and its diaspora.

Today, 30,000 of the 235,000 Ghanaian immigrants to the US call New York City home.

One of the most enduring legacies of colonialism is the idea that it is impossible to contemplate a future in which the rest of the world does not resemble Europe.

Debates about Gandhi represents a deeper crisis about belonging, entitlement and exclusion in postcolonial Africa.

The classic film, first premiered in 1991, is making a comeback. Not least: Beyoncé’s visual album 'Lemonade' borrows liberally from Julie Dash's film. Why is the film so influential?

Eritrea has expelled all international correspondents and banned local private newspapers since 2001. One consequence is

Zoë Wicomb's fellow South African, JM Coetzee once wrote: "For years we have been waiting to see what the literature of post-apartheid South Africa will look like. Now Zoe Wicomb delivers the goods."

Seeking to interrogate unhelpful media (and official) narratives that permeate everyday discourse and obscure the truth about these terrorist organizations is important.

The judgment that Sankara was a hero rests in part on what was politically possible in Burkina Faso in the early 1980s.
Interview with historian Dan Magaziner about his new book, The Art of Life in South Africa, about one of the few art schools training black art teachers under Apartheid.

Winnie was everything Africans - and African women in particular - were not supposed to be.

Art players and enthusiasts from around the world and down the street will coalesce at the

Reigniting an important debate on the entanglements between the production of justice and the fragility of continental legal mechanisms.

Peter Abrahams lived pan-Africanism (in South Africa, Britain and Jamaica) and remained brave enough to challenge those within it.

For this weekend’s music break, we’ll have a second edition of “Songs from banned countries.” This