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What the presence of an unlikely trio of football icons at AFCON tells us about migration, African identity, and the histories that continue to shape the modern game
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What the presence of an unlikely trio of football icons at AFCON tells us about migration, African identity, and the histories that continue to shape the modern game

The Marxist historian Mohammed Harbi spent a lifetime dismantling the myths of Algeria’s national movement and warning that anticolonial victories could harden into bureaucratic rule.

President Emmanuel Macron's apology to Algerians over French colonialism us about presidential elections in France.

The stuff we couldn't cover the second week of December, so we compiled them here in byte sizes.

We are exploring the culture and history of the World Cup for the next month while the tournament goes on.

A documentary film takes Fanon's ideas out of the past and tracks the ways in which his ideas are resonating with today's young across the planet.

A fascinating new graphic novel sets out to describe the effects of Nazi and collaborationist policies on the inhabitants of French-controlled colonies and protectorates of World War Two North Africa.

Morocco is one of the United States’ oldest allies, so when it occupied Western Sahara in 1975, the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people mattered little.

The Black American writer, James Baldwin, draws parallels between oppression in South Africa, Algeria and the United States.

On show at the Islamic Cultures Institute in Paris until January, 50 Years of Reflection, is

What we learned from day four of the 2013 African Cup of Nations being held in South Africa.

Nigerian coach Stephen Keshi's decision to resign one day after winning AFCON is a metaphor for the current political climate in Nigeria.

Since 1999, Contreras has documented, via documentary films, radio programs and photographs, dramatic changes to the Sahara.

The Algerian novelist, Kamel Daoud, gives a name and a history to Albert Camus's "The Stranger."

Abdul Hakeem, in his 80s has lived in Morocco for over thirty two years, where he raised a family and runs two Aikido dojos.

Today's social movements rely on tech collectives to organize safely. But few know the history of other technologies used by earlier liberation movements.

To compensate for its possible isolation by the West, Russia could turn its attention to Africa, making the continent the next center stage for imperialist struggles.

In its first few years, the magazine 'Révolution Africaine' opened possibilities for Franco-Algerian cooperation. It was then co-opted by the state.

There is a particular historical pattern of colonial settler genocide that links Africa to Palestine.

The potential return of exiled cleric Mahmoud Dicko to Mali could challenge jihadist movements by reopening political space and contesting their claim to religious authority.