France in Mali: The End of the Fairytale
This is not a neo-colonial offensive. The argument that it is might be comfortable and familiar, but it is bogus and ill-informed.
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The darlings of the continent
While fans of Ghana's Black Stars are confident in the 2013 team’s skills, until this team is able to win a major victory, a sense of historical foreboding will weigh on them.
Limbs in a Potion
DJ Sawa from Ghana, Supremos from Angola, and Irish-Nigerian Rejjie Snow, are part of Weekend Music Break, no. 30.
Weekend Music Break, N°33
…this video in Bamako. You could dance to it. And a re-edit of the video for
Oil in the Angolan President’s Family
We ought to ask questions about Angola’s Sovereign Wealth Fund. But also about the history of Chevron, Exxon, and Conoco in the country.
Dirk Coetzee is Dead
The legacies of Apartheid's death squads and the South African Truth and Reconcilation Commission.
The media caricature of Hugo Chávez
A BBC interview with Julius Malema, a South African political leader and acolyte of Chavez, is exhibition 1,000,003 mainstream media framing of the late Venezuelan president.
African Footballers in America
The US Major Soccer League is luring foreign players, especially decent African players, and not just those whose careers are on the wane.
The Western Journalist in Africa
The question for Western journalists is this – when it comes to Africa, why do you not tell the whole story of the humanity at work even in times of extreme violence?
5 New Films to Watch, N°21
…and Jean Odoutan: five African filmmakers in the diaspora (Paris, Washington, London, Uppsala), their everyday lives
The ‘digital music in Africa’ bandwagon
What The New York Times forgot to tell you about the explosion of digital music in Africa.
The story of a lost white boy
The story of Happy Sindane, the lost white boy, who put a lie to South Africa's rainbow shibboleths.
Yes, some Africans admire Margaret Thatcher
We were wrong. Some Africans do like Margaret Thatcher. Here's a gallery of 10 of them.
How to text someone you love
An interview with the American-Nigerian-Jamaican artist Temitayo Ogunbiyi.
Joyce Banda has bigger problems than Madonna
After years of being frozen out by Bingu wa Mutharika’s administration, President Joyce Banda has restored the IMF to the top table of Malawian policy-making and pushed through a sweeping reforms at their behest.
In Search of the “African Middle Class”
Who would guess that a little over a decade ago Africa was mostly described as "the hopeless continent"?
Weekend Music Break, N°42
…South African Iapetus Records to surprise us: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp9FTl3wzAA London combo Anthony Joseph and his Spasm Band
After the World Cup is gone
The book, "Africa’s World Cup," is a valuable source for thinking more deeply about the meanings and legacies of the 2010 edition of the competition hosted in South Africa.
Papers in order
Weekend Special: The premiere of Mahamat Saleh Haroun's new film "Grigris" and the cover art for the Dutch translation of Binyavanga Wainaina's memoir, among others.
Weekend Music Break 44
…Sun’ is the dreamy lead single off Malawian (London-residing) artist Dziko’s “Afro Electricity” EP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o6VjMNMuao Dirtmusic