Les Tunisiens noirs défient les interdits
En Tunisie, face au déni persistant de l'identité africaine, la communauté noire ne veut plus attendre.
Tunisia
Black Tunisians breaking taboos
Tunisia’s denial of its African identity persists today. Black Tunisians are fighting to change that.
Deep and comprehensive dependency
A new report from the Transnational Institute suggests free trade does nothing but drain Tunisia’s wealth.
Energy transitions and colonialism
Any talk about green transition and sustainability must not become a shiny façade for neocolonial schemes of plunder and domination—a view from North Africa.
The unfinished business of the Tunisian revolution
Meryam Joobeur’s film, Brotherhood explores Tunisia's outsized role in the Syrian conflict.
Tunisia’s surveillance state
Mass monitoring poses a threat to democratic freedoms as the case of Tunisia shows.
France ’98 and a genuine moment of Maghrebi solidarity
Tunisia played England in France '98. English hooligans attacked Tunisians in the streets of Marseille. Algerians came to Tunisians' rescue.
What’s behind Tunisia’s growing military?
In post-uprising Tunisia, the western backed military is hampering the country's transition to democracy.
White masks in Tunisia
Racism against its black citizens permeates the social, institutional, and political strata of Tunisia.
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.
Whose “New African Writing”?
Finding more multilingual literary pathways will benefit all of African—and world—literatures.
Rap Comes Home
It’s quite a weekend for New York’s prodigal child. Hip-Hop, that burst of youthful energy that was
The Golden Generation of Les Éléphants
Watching the Africans Cup of Nations at an Ivorian restaurant in Harlem, New York.
A certain Israeli psyche
Israel's Interior Minister, Eli Yishai basically says Israel was a white country in a debate about African immigrants and refugees.
Salafists and art in Tunisia
Artists wanted to comment on the political struggles and religious undercurrents roughing up Tunisian society. Religious zealots, backed by the state, shut them down.
Spring revolution or a summer of discontent
Can North Africans define their own futures, away from the inventions of old white men in think tanks in Washington DC?
World Theater Day in Tunis, Part II
March 25th is dedicated in the world to theater. In the spirit of that day, stage
Germany has a version of GQ magazine
A woman in Germany removes her clothes and poses for a magazine photographer with her famous
Tunisian Coke
The Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) kicked off on Saturday, and things are already getting pretty