Where were you when Chris Hani was killed?
Chris Hani, a prominent ANC and Communist Party leader, was murdered on April 10, 1993, by white racists. The writer remembers hearing the news.
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Europeans ‘rescuing’ African art from obscurity again
For years Bisi Silva, Nana Oforiatta-Ayim and others have been active players in the art world. Why are they being written out of the story?
Jazz as Tradition in Cape Town
"Jazzing" on the Cape Flats, almost similar to salsa as developed in New York City. It's the dominant sound of parties in Cape Town.
What’s it like to be Somali in Kenya
Kenyans employ all kinds of crude and unconscionable fascist statements towards anything Somali.
Boxing lesson
Our video department went to train at the Hillbrow Boxing Club in downtown Johannesburg.
Old Money’s mothership is here to save us all
The musical groups perhaps setting the pace for a new idea of liberation for people of African descent in the Americas.
Weekend in Stellenbosch
The writer went for a visit and found Stellenbosch, a Western Cape town that is home to one of South Africa's universities, strange, interesting and also very sad.
The ‘Nigeria is Africa’s biggest economy’ claim
Today's post is about economic systems, the World Bank and the IMF, and whether they have they helped Nigeria or not.
The paradox of our engagement with technological apparatus
How can bodily experiences be shared, asks British Nigerian director Shola Amoo in his short film, "Touch."
What they don’t tell you about Stellenbosch
The brochures about the town left out the reality for Stellenbosch's black residents: poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
Let’s talk about #CancelColbert
Colbert’s satire is based in a smug ironic whiteness. It doesn't mean I have to like it or can't feel it's problematic or alienating as a person of color.
The Expatriate
Ethiopian-American artist, Wayna, explores issues including police brutality, disenfranchisement, race and identity in her music.
The FBI’s Hustle
The contradictions of U.S.'s domestic and international policies manifested by its wars on drugs, terror, and the country's Black communities.
Cricket in America
The chance to place cricket fully in its poco setting – beyond its boundary – and to understand it as a form of political contestation.
The “wisdoms” of Akon
When the Senegalese-American singer Akon is not claiming to provide electricity around the continent, he gives interviews. The latest, to Larry King, is a train wreck because of Akon's reactionary's views. For those in the know, this is peak Akon.