No one ever finishes anything, we just stop
In Alain Gomis's "Tey', 'Aujourd'hui," a man lives the last day of his life.
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A voice that is incessantly in exile
South African jazz singer Sathima Bea Benjamin's life complicates jazz history and shows how Africans reshaped American jazz in the 20th century.
My favorite things from the last six months
Art South Africa me asked to pick my "Best Six;" basically my "favorite (six) things from the last six months."
France in Mali: The End of the Fairytale
This is not a neo-colonial offensive. The argument that it is might be comfortable and familiar, but it is bogus and ill-informed.
10 Albums You Might Have Missed in 2012
Janka Nabay, Ben Zabo, Sinkane, Jagwa Music, Kanyi, Youssoupha, Kyle Shepherd, Ebo Taylor, Karantamba and Francis Bebey.
S is for Samora Machel
We asked about a dozen Africa Is a Country contributors what their favorite books of 2012 were. Here are their picks.
Mandela’s Black Marxism
Nelson Mandela is deified everywhere. But typically missing is an account of his early years, when he insisted that Marxism be responsive to South African conditions.
A slow emancipation
What peanut trading in late 19th century Senegal tells us about the fine line between slavery and freedom.
The darlings of the continent
While fans of Ghana's Black Stars are confident in the 2013 team’s skills, until this team is able to win a major victory, a sense of historical foreboding will weigh on them.
Who was Ndabaningi Sithole?
Zimbabwean founding father, Ndabaningi Sithole, has largely been edited out of the country’s history. But thanks to the tremendous archive of writing Sithole left behind, we can edit him back in.
Limbs in a Potion
DJ Sawa from Ghana, Supremos from Angola, and Irish-Nigerian Rejjie Snow, are part of Weekend Music Break, no. 30.
The media caricature of Hugo Chávez
A BBC interview with Julius Malema, a South African political leader and acolyte of Chavez, is exhibition 1,000,003 mainstream media framing of the late Venezuelan president.
Dirk Coetzee is Dead
The legacies of Apartheid's death squads and the South African Truth and Reconcilation Commission.
Oil in the Angolan President’s Family
We ought to ask questions about Angola’s Sovereign Wealth Fund. But also about the history of Chevron, Exxon, and Conoco in the country.
The Western Journalist in Africa
The question for Western journalists is this – when it comes to Africa, why do you not tell the whole story of the humanity at work even in times of extreme violence?
African Footballers in America
The US Major Soccer League is luring foreign players, especially decent African players, and not just those whose careers are on the wane.