Small rebellions
Anti-blackness is on the rise in Ayiti. But Haitians and Dominicans are resisting, in ways big and small.
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After we have grown too tired of jumping
The Ghanaian game, Ampe, is an education in Blackness and womanhood.
Reading List: Hugo ka Canham
On the publication of his book on black life on the margins, the South African author reflects on work that expand the meaning of being black on the world.
The art of virtue signaling
For French President, Emmanuel Macron, recruiting various African intellectuals turned out to be a key asset in trying to shift the Françafrique narrative, while simultaneously protecting French interests on the continent.
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?
William Ruto and the evangelicals
Which theology we will use to make sense of the relationship between church and state in Kenya?
The media of the useable past
Revisiting the papers of left, anti-colonial revolt from the continent can remind us of messy, rich alternatives.
Bua Komanisi
Despite its proud history, the South African Communist Party has recently taken a backseat in South African politics. Understanding its roots helps us understand how it got here and what it will take to be rejuvenated.
“Black African” may be oxymoronic
For many African immigrants in the United States, being seen as Black doesn’t necessarily equate to seeing oneself as Black.
Blood and nation
In today’s India, stories of terrorism and national humiliation are being reworked into fantasies of decisive power — blurring the line between memory, myth, and politics.
A worldly Nubian energy
The music and art of Lauryn Hill and Chiwoniso Maraire combined sexiness with political consciousness, offering Black women a way out of rigid categorization.
Saved by memory
A new Brazilian film shows the role memory plays in African spirituality and dreams of liberation.
Resistance is a continuous endeavor
For more than 75 years, Palestinians have organized for a liberated future. Today, as resistance against Israeli apartheid intensifies, unity and revolutionary optimism has become the main infrastructure of struggle.
Paradise forgotten
While there is much to mourn about the passing of legendary American singer and actor Harry Belafonte, we should hold a place for his bold statement-album against apartheid South Africa.
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.
The struggle has come to land
Two miles from the White House, 'Black Land News' forwarded a bold vision of political, economic, and cultural autonomy inspired by African decolonization struggles.
Reading List: David Tonghou Ngong
Ahead of the publication of his new book on Leopold Senghor and African political theology, the author selects books that inspired his writing process