Achille Mbembe writes about Xenophobic South Africa
Why has this country historically represented a “circle of death” for anything and anybody ‘African’?
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Violent Legacies
How Gang Violence in El Salvador Grew (Helped by the U.S.).
Why rapper Akala is good for TV
When the rapper Akala called out Britain's racism on Frankie Boyle's show.
Fueling rightwing populism
Xenophobia after the #ParisAttacks isn’t limited to boneheads like Rupert Murdoch.
Europe’s Eritrean “Problem”
Eritrean refugees — one of the largest groups seeking safety in Europe — have been a primary target of those wanting to close Europe’s borders.
Herded like cattle
Europeans generally travel effortlessly to and through Africa with their humanity intact. Why do they go to such lengths to demean us when we travel through Europe?
What next for Zimbabwe?
…costs, appeared the most logical strategy. Today, however, it is harder for Zimbabweans to migrate, in
The myth of Trump’s white working-class support
The role of the left should not be to focus its efforts on bargaining with the often misrepresented and caricatured concerns of a small sector of the working classes.
Brave new world
As Western government enforce stricter policing of non-native bodies, who who are the activists who will stop them?
The Indian-African alliance
Little attention is given to how Indians are viewed and treated not only on the African continent, but by peoples of African descent across the world.
Next time you see the Mediterranean
The number of African migrants who have lost their lives in the Mediterranean is a tragedy, shamefully under-analyzed over the past 20 years.
Flight of the Boers
South Africa's lead anti-land reform organization is cultivating its relationship with the international far right.
How many immigrants live in South Africa?
The UN and South Africa's Statistics Service are exaggerating immigrant numbers and playing with people's lives in South Africa.
The contradictions of Africa-China in Guangzhou
The reality for Africans living in China's 'African City' contrast greatly with the way their governments and China's leaders interact.
Africa doesn’t care about its women
I have the privilege to fight, argue or board a plane when I feel like I've had enough. The vast majority of women on the continent do not have that option.
The role of diaspora in revolution
Sudanese living abroad are key to the uprising: raising awareness and support for political and social transformation back home.
Decolonization’s borders
Recent restrictions on refugees—and the limited protests against them—reflect the degree to which many South Africans see “xenophobia” as legitimate hate.
The myth of South African nationality
Growing xenophobic nationalism in South Africa is a danger to African people across the continent.
More morbid symptoms
Much of what passes for politics these days is actually just anti-politics: not a function of too much politicization, but a severe lack of it.
Mobilizing in disorder
Post the looting and failed insurrection, what would it mean for the South African left to undertake a populist political strategy? And should it look to South America for inspiration? A long read.