Double jeopardy
The future looks terrifying for many US-based exiles from Mauritania — facing deportation to Africa's modern "slave nation" under Trump's monstrous ICE.
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Achille Mbembe’s Fanonian meditations
Mbembe’s 'Critique of Black Reason' is useful for our analysis of the postcolonial present.
Probing Subliminal Violence
The artist Mohau Modisakeng mines the contours of colonial and post-colonial history.
Jamming for Sanitation
In some of Cape Town's black townships, residents have to stand in line to use one of the portable chemical toilets made available to them.
Postcolonial theory and the strong arm of identity
The major problem with the term "decolonization" is its status as empty signifier, argues South African psychologist Wahbie Long.
This is Freedom
The new reality show "Clifton Shores," promises Americans "fun" views of life in Cape Town. Without trying it probably will expose the ugly reality of racism and inequality in the city.
The Jacinda Ardern model
New Zealand's Prime Minister is a very nice centrist. People in the rest of the world, including Africans, calling for her to be emulated should be careful what they wish for.
His father named him for Duke Ellington
Late jazz musician Duke Ngcukana, has been described as “a trumpet player extraordinaire," and "a fine person.”
A cycle of diminishing expectations
South Africans are learning the hard way that corruption cannot simply be solved through technical fixes and increasing “accountability” through locking the villains up.
The film festival film
A documentary film about a black filmmaker and her struggles to make a film about Marike de Klerk.
Kenyan statues must fall
What could or should full decolonization in Kenya look like?
Against Zionism
The moral drama of the Israeli occupation plays out at a South African school.
Happy new year
In 2018, we hope to continue translating scholarly debates and high-level political and cultural analyses into accessible language.
Akon’s Africa
The Senegalese-American crooner's uninspiring "Oh Africa" reminds of bubblegum South African pop from the 1980s.
South Africans fought for freedom, but won democracy
The famed South African musician Hugh Masekela has a history of speaking his mind on postapartheid politics.
The problem with generalizations
Despite the media's wish for a neat story, the African continent's response to COVID-19 is all over the map.
The Kenyan version of the war on terror
Why the wall Kenya is building on its border with Somalia is a terrible idea.