Ali Mazrui and Me
A fateful meeting with Mazrui, the famed Kenyan historian and broadcaster.
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The descent of our fathers
A remembrance for Father's Day.
When Cameroon’s players convinced themselves they could not win
The reason why African teams struggle in the World Cup has everything to do with colonialism.
Jeremy Cronin’s Cape Town
The leftist and poet Jeremy Cronin speaks on identity politics and race in South Africa's second city, Cape Town.
Development always comes with a political agenda
An interview with the leaders of a viral online campaign originating in Norway aimed at exposing European ignorance about the foolhardiness of humanitarianism in Africa.
Hair politics and other Weekend Specials
With this, I am bringing back Weekend Special for all those things we don't have the time to blog about or say more than the required 140 characters on Twitter.
The untimely death of Afonso Dhlakama
Mozambicans feel the death of the former leader of Renamo could put a wrench in the path towards a peaceful, democratic future.
What would Mandela do
The South African struggle suggests that sports boycotts are effective at forcing change. For white South Africans (and their apologists), sporting isolation was a bitter pill to swallow.
The Banned Film
South Africa's film censor bans the film 'Of Good Report' by Jahmil XT Qubeka, which deals with predatory teachers.
Live from Grahamstown
The National Arts Festival, that celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2014, is the second biggest arts festivals in the world.
The care you are entitled to
Why do the middle classes in South Africa - regardless of race or ideology- pay their domestic workers such low wages?
On Safari
On our year-end publishing break, we consider: what is the work and role of little magazines like our own?
In Langa with Louis Moholo-Moholo
Free jazz drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo comes home to his childhood home in Cape Town, carrying the spirit of his generation.
Appeasing disgruntled critics
Israel’s success in getting observer status at the African Union is also a sign of the growing lack of interest among African leaders in the Palestinian issue altogether.
Some of my best friends are braaiers
Barbecuing may be the perfect activity to remind South Africa that inequality is the first heritage we need to overcome.
A Long List of New Films
I'm still waiting for that entrepreneur who'll start a Netflix for African films. I'll be a customer.