• Edna Bonhomme

In post-uprising Tunisia, the western backed military is hampering the country's transition to democracy.

• Haythem Guesmi

Racism against its black citizens permeates the social, institutional, and political strata of Tunisia.

• Dylan Valley

• M. Lynx Qualey

Finding more multilingual literary pathways will benefit all of African — and world — literatures.

• Boima Tucker

• Braden Ruddy

Watching the Africans Cup of Nations among expectant fans at an Ivorian restaurant in Harlem, New York.

• Olufemi Terry

Israel's Interior Minister, Eli Yishai basically says Israel was a white country in a debate about African immigrants and refugees.

• Emily Wood

Artists wanted to comment on the political struggles and religious undercurrents roughing up Tunisian society. Religious zealots, backed by the state, shut them down.

• Brett Davidson

Can North Africans define their own futures, away from the inventions of old white men in think tanks in Washington DC?

• Bukola Afolayan

Plays, operas, children's events, participatory performances by audiences, and even some “open society” speeches lit up the Tunisian capital in defiance of religious extremists.

• Elliot Ross

• Dylan Valley

Corporations have tried and succeeded in cashing in on the political revolutions known as the "Arab Spring." Tunisia is the latest victim.

• Orlando Reade

• Tom Devriendt

A series of public portraits by the young French-Algerian artist Bilel Kaltoun honors the martyrs of Tunisia's revolution.

• Dan Moshenberg

Women participated in all parties, and prominently so, including the party of the undecided and the party of those boycotting the election.

• Gregory Mann

Tunisia, which kickstarted the "Arab Spring," is in a long pause between longtime dictator Ben Ali’s flight and elections scheduled for July 2011.