Vamba Sherif’s ‘Bound to Secrecy’ is masterful storytelling
…the town, and in doing so exposes himself to danger. Bound to Secrecy was first published
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Taking white privilege abroad
“Ex-South Africans” are a white, right-wing strain of South Africa’s diaspora that identify with and longs for the South Africa of apartheid.
Dance culture is as strong as ever
Here's Hipsters Don’t Dance "Top World Carnival Tunes" for June 2015.
Weekend Music Break No.81
…a London rooftop in “Throway”; Emicida, Inna Modja, and Killah Ace offer up political rap stylings;
The lesson of Marikana
The relationship between the massacre of workers at Marikana and the rational destiny of market fundamentalism.
Discover The Ma’Ati, a new storytelling platform for travelers
…writing chapters of The Ma’Ati in Washington DC, Harlem, Alabama, Georgia, New Orleans, Kingston and Havana.
What Serena Williams communicates on the tennis court
One key to black style is the fact that, relative to white Americans, black people don’t have much room “for make believe.”
Why Should Colonialists be the Centre?
The Algerian novelist, Kamel Daoud, gives a name and a history to Albert Camus's "The Stranger."
The Permanent Exile
…although he spent 30 years in London, he saw the UK for its racism and double
Weekend Music Break No.87
…great success in the UK for his Afropop hit “The Thing“, Atumpan goes dancehall and turns
Beasts of No Nation and the child soldier movie genre
The film is doubly removed from the West Africa in which it was made and in whose name it claims to speak.
Mahmood Mamdani remembers his friend and comrade Sam Moyo
…field of agrarian studies. Always unassuming, he seldom talked of his own scholarly work unless someone
Grasping the specificity of the political in Africa
Revisiting the Ugandan political scientist Mahmood Mamdani’s seminal book, "Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism."
The Legend of John Chilembwe
Despite official neglect, the memory of Chilembwe, a resistance leader, lives on as a symbol of courage and sacrifice in Malawi.
Love, race and history in Ghana
Historian Carina Ray on her book that explores the history of interracial intimacy in the Gold Coast and Ghana.
It’s the economy, number one
This is number one in our new, weekly round up of economics news. Written and compiled by Grieve Chelwa.
It’s good for the future of cinema that Africa exists
Reviving our #MovieNight feature: A fortnightly feature rounding up movie news.
Pan African Space Station, NYC
A periodic, pop-up live radio studio, a performance and exhibition space, a research platform and living archive.
Weekend Music Break No.94
…Stormzy’s latest. 4) London Global Hip Hop outfit Subculture Sage’s video for “Gold” stars two Zimbabwean
Monochrome Lagos
What would an alternative visual vocabulary through which to comprehend Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, look like?