The Fate of la Francophonie
Do we still need an organization of France's former colonies? Whose interests does it actually serve?
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Weekend Special, No 1002
…and researchers working on and from South Africa–that include Achille Mbembe, Robin DG Kelley, Marissa Moorman,
What’s the matter with … R.W. Johnson
And why is the London Review of Books giving Johnson, a rightwing South African liberal, a regular platform to espouse his rantings?
What is wrong with this headline?
Europe's new provincialism exacts a human toll that can only be accepted with a mind-set that subscribes to nothing more than a new barbarism.
Afrique 3.0, Version 2.0
The French news magazine, Courrier International, did a special issue: "Afrique 3.0." We had a closer look. Is it any good?
The worst habits of American journalism
An open letter addressed to Jeff Fager, Executive Producer of the American TV news program, 60 Minutes, over its reporting of Africa and Africans.
The View from the Cape
The chance that the lives of South Africa's poor will change for the better without struggle, is slim.
The Other African election: France’s First Round
Both of the front-runners, incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist François Hollande, have run against FrançAfrique. Easier said than done.
The War in Mali’s North–To What Effect?
The rebels--that is, the MNLA and their disavowed and dangerous allies--hold Mali hostage.
Amsterdam is a Continent
…Achille Mbembe, Paula Akugizibwe and Elnathan John; profiles of artists Jane Alexander and Ayana Vellissia Jackson
Black France
The presence of black people in France spans the last three centuries.
The Whites-Only French
France today is struggling with race because — unlike its former colonies — it never actually went through its own process of decolonization.
Europe’s Apartheid
In a recent interview on French television to promote his new book “Sortir de la Grande
Enjoy Poverty
How Euro-Americans - directly and indirectly - interact with the Congolese: only as victims.
The unfinished business between Cameroon and France
France would rather play puppeteer than transparently acknowledge its role in first shaping — and now underhandedly curating — its colonial past.
Future so bright
All things equal, we should have a new website within the next couple of weeks.