Politics
In Front of Our Very Own Eyes
"Miners Shot Down," by director Rehad Desai, is a haunting and emotional documentary of the Marikana massacre in August 2012.
What’s in the future for Lamu
Culturally and geographically separated from mainland Kenya, Lamu offers a rare window into the past and the woes and wonders of modern development.
The story of a South African tribe
White South Africans come together to vote as a bloc for only two political parties: the Democratic Alliance and Freedom Front Plus.
When Maya Angelou lived in Africa
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, a group of African Americans moved to Ghana and redefined their relationships to citizenship in the U.S. and their African identities.
The legalization of political repression in Ethiopia
In Ethiopia the façade of legalism has become an indispensable gloss on political repression.
Don’t believe the hype
South Africa's media, already lacking any serious labor reporting, have no interest in fairly reporting the strike by mine workers.
Jihad in Nigeria
Long before Boko Haram, talk of holy war in what became Nigeria was everywhere.
Nigeria’s Catch 22
American style democracy will only throw up more more leaders like Goodluck Jonathan.
Good neighbors in Johannesburg
This practice in some media of making white people who live in mostly black inner city Johannesburg, out as special. No.
The balkanization of Nigeria?
For those who want Nigeria to balkanize, try being a small, ineffectual African country.
Erykah Badu’s Royal Problem
Erykah Badu’s online defense of her visit to autocratic Swaziland exposed her lack of knowledge about the continent.
Whining white South Africans
For the love of Woolworths, stop pretending like you and only you know what Nelson Mandela would have wanted.
The new kid on the block
Admit you didn't expect the Economic Freedom Fighters or EFF, a breakaway from the ANC, to do so well in South Africa's latest elections.
Nigeria’s baby boom
Each year more babies are born in Nigeria than in the entire continent of Europe.
Why Blogging is a Threat to the Ethiopian Government
In the past decade, more journalists have fled Ethiopia than any other country in the world.
The Politics of the Belly
The bottom line of politics in electoral democracies in 21st century capitalism: Whatever patronage politicians dispense, there’s no free lunch.
