The Header that Rocked the World
At Italia 1990, Cameroon pulled off the greatest upsets in football in the history of the World Cup--against Maradona's Argentina.
Cameroon
When Cameroon’s players convinced themselves they could not win
The reason why African teams struggle in the World Cup has everything to do with colonialism.
Cameroon on the brink
Paul Biya's inability to address the crisis in the country's Anglophone region is pushing the nation to the brink.
Cameroon is Cameroon
On the arrest and detention of Cameroonian writer and scholar, Patrice Nganang.
Paul Biya Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Biya did not conceive the system by which he rules Cameroon, but deserves as much credit for the modifications that have enabled his reign.
The Coffin Revolution in Cameroon
Neither western or African media nor academic literature can afford to continue to erase or marginalize Anglophone Cameroon from the region’s present and history.
The unfinished business between Cameroon and France
France would rather play puppeteer than transparently acknowledge its role in first shaping — and now underhandedly curating — its colonial past.
What is happening at the Durban International Film Festival?
As with our last movie night post, we need to start with the bad news. 1.
Why would you only watch Canada at Canada’s World Cup?
In some ways all women are the same. We bleed every moon until you hit a
#WhiteHistoryMonth: Dr. Pierre Messmer, France’s Dirty War General
In the late nineteen-fifties, a brutal but secret war unfolded between French colonial authorities and the
Kafka in Cameroon
Cameroon's police apparently interrogated Samuel Eto'o and took away his passport over the team's World Cup display.
Homophobia and hatred in Cameroon
Cameroon prosecutes people for consensual same-sex conduct more aggressively than almost any country in the world.
The troubled border of the colonial and postcolonial
Jean-Marie Teno's film, 'Une Feuille dans le Vent' (A Leaf in the Wind), lays bare the affective costs of public silence in Cameroon.
The Story of Cameroon’s First Metal Band
The mistake of directing the hardline scorn we reserve for say Madonna and Fox News at small independent filmmakers or young volunteers at NGO's in Africa.
Photographing the African Diaspora in New York City
A group of graduate students in New York photograph the city's immigrant and refugee communities, especially the African ones.
Everyone has their own Paul Biya
What would happen if the president goes missing? The people wouldn't care. They've learned to live without him.
Ghanaian Spiderman and Other Stories
No.17 in our regular update on new African films to watch.
Severely muddy forest pathways
Number 11 in our series where we ask photographers about their 5 favorite photographs; how and where the images were made.
Woman of the Year
Alice Nkom, the brave, activist lawyer, harassed and imprisoned by Cameroon's repressive regime on the government's actions: "Threats like these show us that the fight must continue.”
Cape Town needs a visit from Anthony Bourdain
Foodyism and obscure ‘ethnic’ food are trendy these days. So, it is odd that South Africa hasn’t received more attention.