A’na Afriki
The connections and shared lineage between Africa and the countries of the Arabian peninsula.
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The Scramble for Vinyl
The trend among rare-groove DJs to make money of "discovering" and "rediscovering" old vinyl in Africa and then rereleasing the music under their own labels.
The narrative of African women
An exhibit attempts to reframe popular perceptions and the image of African women in the United States.
If Africa really is a country . . .
One of our readers took our title literally.
The loneliness of the Kenyan long distance runner
How the death of a very talented Kenyan marathon runner points to structural problems in the country's national running industry.
The Sudan Report
Omar al-Bashir has a bigger problem than the ICC: Ordinary citizens, including the middle classes, taking to the streets against the effects of austerity on their lives.
The Economist’s “Africa”
The Economist changed its verdict from "Hopeless Africa" to "Africa Rising" in eleven years. But few care about the latest verdict.
The good Senegalese woman
Madame Faye Sall is the first woman of Senegalese birth and ancestry to become First Lady of Senegal. Some women in Senegal hope it will affect the debate about women and power there.
The meaning of February 11, 1990
A veteran anti-apartheid figure writes about the day Nelson Mandela — after 27 years — was released from prison.
The African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean World
This online exhibition provides an overview of the transit of East Africans into Diaspora communities within the Indian Ocean world, and their various settlements among Arabic, Indian, Persian and Asian communities.
Development always comes with a political agenda
An interview with the leaders of a viral online campaign originating in Norway aimed at exposing European ignorance about the foolhardiness of humanitarianism in Africa.