Something of an anticlimax
For grounded and textured analysis of the death of Nigeria's President Umaru Yar’adua, it is worth consulting Nigeria’s vibrant media landscape, rather than Western media.
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The Murder of David Kato
This statement, signed by a group of African bloggers, including this site, was published a month after Ugandan LGBTQ activist David Katu's murder.
Ivorian independence
Côte d'Ivoire is turning 50 — it became independent on August 7, 1960 — and my Ivorian friend doesn't feel eager to celebrate.
Mali’s Democracy–Down but not out
Is the adoption of a new constitution by Mali's military regime a starting point for getting the soldiers back under civilian rule? Let’s game this out a little bit.
The Truth Will Out
The United Nations just made public a report about human rights abuses committed by Rwandan troops against Hutu refugees in then-Zaire in 1996-1997.
Achille Mbembe’s Africa
if Africa wants to re-imagine itself it will have to look somewhere else than to Europe which “seems to be gripped by an enormous desire for apartheid.”
Letter to the Republic
The duplicity of France's ruling classes preoccupy most of this week's entry - number 10 - of Paris Is a Comment.
Moçambique Popular
Long before football blogging became commonplace and banal, Davy Lane wrote about football politics as a fan. Brilliantly.
The value of holding on as we imagine an escape
As Iran withstands one of its greatest existential challenges, its men's national team would be forced to carry the weight of a nation’s despair on the field.
Swahili Cipher
African Hip Hop has been the number one hop site and radio show about hip hop culture on the continent for a few years.
Mali’s coup — First Thoughts
A few things are worth saying about the mutiny and the coup that rocked Bamako over the last few days.
John Akomfrah is Brilliant
British filmmaker John Akonfrah will be artist-in-residence this Spring at New York University's Institute of African American Affairs.
When it hits, you feel no pain
Music and politics are often intimate partners in society, whether an artist consciously connects them. What role does music play in the politics of today's world?
Paul Kagame Spins Youtube
Paul Kagame is a skilled media operator. Sending unprepared interviewers his way, is not how to do journalism.
The Belgian Color Bar
The filmmaker hopes Congolese in Belgium can be given a stage to offer their own history and projections of Congo.