Why Should Colonialists be the Centre?
The Algerian novelist, Kamel Daoud, gives a name and a history to Albert Camus's "The Stranger."
Culture
Music Banned in Nigeria-Edition
This Weekend Music Break, No. 83, features eighteen pop songs that can't be played on Nigerian airwaves. You can still listen on your phone or watch the videos on Youtube.
The vibrant lives of old Claremont
The preservation of nostalgia by evicted black residents of one of Cape Town's now very white suburbs.
How a child deals with loss
For the first time, an Ethiopian film, "Lamb," was selected for the Cannes Film Festival. We interviewed director Yared Zeleke.
Black Magic Women
‘Black Magic Woman’, by Azizaa, from Ghana, is a feminist reclaiming of the sacred from Christianity.
Awesome Beat Tapes From Africa
The writer and musician Sabelo Mkhabela picks a selection of some beat tapes in his possession and writes about them for us.
Aliens in Lagos
The futuristic Lagos of Nnedi Okorafor’s sci-fi novel, 'Lagoon.'
The African roots of the Americas
There is a lot of ignorance about Afro-Latinos, despite the deep history dating back to the introduction of slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Body Politricks and the Worlds in Between
A review of American writer Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “Between the World and Me"
When I was in school, being African was a diss
Here's Hipsters Don’t Dance's monthly installment of "Top World Carnival Tunes" for July 2015.
Humans of Lagos
Offering a glimpse at daily life in the West African mega city.
The single story of African design
A new book highlights African innovation, challenging dominant perceptions of the continent.
What is ‘Champeta Urbana’?
An interview with musician, Kevin Flórez, about how a music imported by West African sailors to 1970s Colombia became the soundtrack of his city, Cartagena.
Tweezus, Da Gawd
The producer and beatmaker, Tweezy, is behind many of 2014 and 2015's most successful South African hip hop somgs.
Music, Tradition and Race
The combined sounds of indigenous groups from northern Colombia with the drums imported with African slaves in Cartagena, once the biggest slave port of the American continent.
