Black Europe and Body Politics
The collective BE.BOP works to introduce a decolonial way of thinking about the visual arts in Europe and Africa.
500 Search Result(s) for: “Diaspora”
The Beautiful T-Shirt
Art, Politics, T-Shirts, Fútbol, Play: Africa is a Country joins forces with Los Angeles artists for a t-shirt project.
The Contemporary Mark of Assata Shakur
The Black American activist's relevance for today's generation following the killing of Mike Brown by police, and the suppression of protests in Ferguson, Missouri.
The Afropeans are Coming
We asked the participants at a symposium in Austria on European Africans to reflect on what an Afropean is. We edited it into a short video.
Why I am afraid of Ebola
I am afraid of Ebola because it is an enemy of critical and balanced thinking about Africa, about disease, about our common humanity.
My barber loves these tunes
Hipsters Don't Dance 'Top 5 World Carnival Tunes' for October 2014.
Apartheid Israel
Is it fair to compare Israel to Apartheid South Africa? And no, making the comparison is not antisemitic.
Visual Artist Anthony Bila’s Black History March
…of Africa and its diaspora should be commemorated one month every year. Thus, the idea was
Racial Degeneracy and Cowardice
The failure of Americans to have a concerted conversation on racism is not surprising. Too much is at stake for too many people, interests and institutions.
Havana and Washington: On African Time?
Was it ever in doubt that the first African American president of the United States would wish to crown his legacy by normalizing relations with the most African island in the Americas?
5 Questions for Filmmaker: Branwen Okpako
Okpako wants to show people as they see themselves but in a way that others can recognize themselves as well.
Nigerian Nostalgia
…facilitating the development of national pride amongst members of the global Nigerian diaspora. Nigerian Nostalgia has
Africa Cup of Nations Memories
Watchiing the African Cup of Nations before the era of internet streams and mass football broadcasting in North America.
Your concepts of African belonging
The El Foukr R'Assembly collective wants to challenge dominant ideas of African identity and cultural diffusion on both sides of the Sahara.
Football, Disappearances and Disasters in Haiti
The horrible tale of football star Joe Gaetjens's football triumphs, his torture and disappearance by Haiti's US's supported dictatorship.
The imagination of the United Nations
Why aren’t Africans living on the continent part of the United Nations' International Decade for People of African Descent?
5 Questions for a Filmmaker: Tunde Kelani
The legendary Nigerian filmmaker, Tunde Kelani is considered the bridge between the first generation of Nigerian filmmakers and Nollywood.
Africa is a Radio: Episode #8
…student protest “Rhodes Must Fall”, and the upcoming Nigerian elections. There is also of course a
Tuareg Rock
The unexpected popularity of British rock band, Dire Straits, among North Africa's Tuareg communities.
The Audacity of ‘Somali Studies’
…taunts with young Somali-diaspora members, mocking them as ‘activists’ and whose identity, nation and ability he