African political techno
The evolution of techno, from within Detroit’s African-American community to Kampala, Uganda.
Search Result(s) for: “Diaspora”
Reading List: T.J. Tallie
Among the books historian Tallie has on his reading list is one about the food of the American Old South — “ . . . a forgotten Little Africa but nobody speaks of it that way.”
Feminist organizing on digital platforms
The coverage of African women in the mainstream media continues to be lacking and often times problematic. The website, African Feminism, wants to change that.
Financing Africa’s COVID-19 response
We need swift, bold, and decisive action on debt relief and monetary creation in Africa in order to face the coronavirus crisis and prevent many ordinary Africans from paying with their lives.
Continuities in exclusion
The refusal of the US government to admit Somali referee Omar Artan is a reminder that the United States has a long history of using sports as a tool of exclusion, especially when it comes to African and African-descended athletes.
Notes on post-revolutionary Sudan
The ghosts of our past mercilessly haunt our present.
Our inaugural class of Africa Is a Country Fellows
Funded by Shuttleworth Foundation, we will support original work by 10 fellows. It makes real our goal to construct “a world where Africans are in control of their own narrative."
Feminism, religion and culture in Senegal
Islam is interpreted to establish the dominance of men, and this male supremacy is at the root of all our problems.
On Safari
This publishing break, we contemplate why we’re all feeling so burnt out.
The ‘Swedish Cake’ artist explains himself
Makode Linde calls his approach Afromantics: it use the blackface to show the connection between stereotypes, part of the same system of oppression.
The new ‘invisible enemy’
Anti-racism and political contagion from Save Darfur to Black Lives Matter.
The indelible African superfan
Part performer, part cultural ambassador, and increasingly, a political flashpoint.
Kenya’s electoral authoritarianism
The former Chief Justice of Kenya on why only a popular movement to defend the constitution can counter corruption and inequality.
The shadow of the fatherland
Akinola Davies Jr’s feature-length debut traces how Nigeria’s military rule collapsed the boundary between political crisis and intimate life, leaving families to bear the cost of authoritarian power.