Discovering Prophets Of Da City
An interview with hip hop scholar, Adam Haupt, about hip hop pioneers P.O.C., the viral rappers Die Antwoord and the state of contemporary South African hip-hop.
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Die Antwoord Butchering Old Beats
Die Antwoord play the media game well. What they still do badly is "borrowing" from other people's work.
In Search of Pancho Guedes
A new film goes in search of the renowned architect and some of his work in Maputo, capital of Mozambique in southeast Africa.
Reading List: Xavier Livermon
Livermon’s new book explores how South African kwaito artists, Lebo Mathosa and Mandoza, pushed against the boundaries of gender and performance in their music.
Chester Williams: pioneer of excellence
The late Springbok rugby wing's legacy needs to be sustained, and the hope that he represented is perhaps more critical than ever.
At the edge of sight
One of the few books about photography to come out of the continent and where the majority of contributors are African and work on the continent.
On meeting Pastor Evan
Evan Mawarire became a leader against Mugabe and ZANU-PF’s oppression in Zimbabwe, but at what personal cost?
Time travelin’
The Chimurenga arts collective explores the relevance of FESTAC, a near forgotten, epic black arts festival held in Nigeria in the mid-1970s, for our age.
The fight for the future of food
Centering African voices in a discussion so often dominated by non-African observers.
There is no one way to talk about migration
Beyond news headlines, African artists complicate common migration narratives.
The Murder of David Kato
This statement, signed by a group of African bloggers, including this site, was published a month after Ugandan LGBTQ activist David Katu's murder.
Roti and roses
Will Shoki sits down with Ugandan-born rapper and housing advocate Zohran Mamdani about his bid to represent Queens in the New York State Assembly.
Homesick: Notes on lockdown
We know what will happen with this new virus, and so I cannot blissfully self-isolate.
Destroying public trust during a pandemic
Few things are going on as normal during the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, political dysfunction in Lesotho continues, with negative ramifications for Basotho.
The Liberation of Afrikaans
A new film - and play - want to mainstream Afrikaans' creole origins; a historical reality odds with Afrikaner nationalist visions of language.