The mother of all failures
In Angola, President Lourenço's government failed to address COVID-19 due to corruption and incompetence.
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Peace deployed as a weapon in Angola
In the Angolan government and its security forces’ violent relationship with its citizenry, they deploy the discourse of peace as a weapon.
White settler states and secret police forces
How whites in South Africa, Rhodesia, Angola, and Mozambique acted in unison to thwart independence.
The deep economic and political crises in Angola
Most Angolans are preoccupied with finding and affording basic food supplies and medical supplies required for treatment in dilapidated health facilities.
How to govern Angola
The make-believe consensus built around local government elections continues as always to ignore the views and expectations of Angolans. But the people are organizing.
Socialismo pink
A solidariedade socialista na Angola e Moçambique pós-coloniais tornou as pessoas queer invisíveis. Revisitar esse apagamento nos ajuda a reinventar a libertação de forma legítima.
Nicholas Kristof Discovers Angola
This is now our eleventh piece on Nicholas Kristof. This needs to end. He has to stop somehow.
The Incredible Hulk
What has Angola's President João Lourenço, dubbed the “implacable exonerator,” been up to?
Pink socialism
Socialist solidarity in postcolonial Angola and Mozambique rendered queer people invisible. Revisiting this erasure helps us imagine liberation anew.
The problems with MediaStorm’s filmmaking
MediaStorm went to Angola to make a short film about de-mining. Their techniques gave us pause.
A hug that listens
Angolans have made themselves in and out of Angola, in conversation with the world; they carry with them the deep look of permanent uncertainty. But also take with them the smile of resistance.
The political fight is wherever people gather
Can young Angolan activists inspired by Angola's underground rap scene take on a political elite that has ruled for decades?
Não consuma o que você vende
Um novo filme de Ery Claver investiga a tensa relação entre China e Angola, revelando suas diferenças — e surpreendentes semelhanças.
Creating colonial Portugal in Africa
How colonial Portugal, to project the idea of a multi-continental and multiracial country, initiated a drive to encourage white settlement in Angola and Mozambique.
When videos of abuses by police go viral in Angola
It marks the first time that videos went truly viral in a country in which only about 5% of the population has access to the internet.
O desafio da governação autárquica em Angola
O consenso aparente construído pelo regime em torno das eleições autárquicas continua, como sempre, a ignorar as opiniões e expectativas dos angolanos. Mas a juventude angolana está a mobilizar-se.
Oil and Angola’s ‘crusade’ against corruption
Angolan political authorities are not particularly interested in justice or tackling corruption. It is more about settling scores.
Rapping in ‘Father Banana’s Country’
The challenge of creating anti-commercial rap in Angola: a market with bling, swag and surly sisters.
Don’t consume what you sell
A new film by Ery Claver probes the fraught relationship between China and Angola, revealing their differences — and surprising similarities.