The Dangers of a Single Book Cover
The historian Simon Stephens discovers a meme in the book covers of novels set in or with African themes.
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Adam Sandler’s “Africa”
It's unfunny and borderline offensive. But Late night TV talk shows can't get enough of it.
Are ‘mixed-race’ kids a new thing in the Netherlands?
The hype around 'mixed race' families ignore that it is not a new phenomenon, but been a central part of Dutch colonial history.
The story of a South African tribe
White South Africans come together to vote as a bloc for only two political parties: the Democratic Alliance and Freedom Front Plus.
This Film Has Been Banned
The South African feature film, "Of Good Report," deals with the relationship of a teacher with his underage student. The local censors decided it is a crime to screen it.
The Kenyan version of the war on terror
Why the wall Kenya is building on its border with Somalia is a terrible idea.
Probing Subliminal Violence
The artist Mohau Modisakeng mines the contours of colonial and post-colonial history.
You hardly hear about his country in Tumi’s music
Though hip-hop aficionados rate them as one of the best hip-hop outfits this country has ever produced, Tumi and the Volume are largely invsible in local media.
South Africa’s Glorious Moment
it is a testament to the hosts that my young daughter insists South Africa won the 2010 World Cup.
In Search of the “African Middle Class”
Who would guess that a little over a decade ago Africa was mostly described as "the hopeless continent"?
The small businessman who took on the bread cartel
The struggle over the price of bread in South Africa is the struggle for adequate nourishment, and securing the right of the poor to flourish.
Relegating good intentions to the dustbin
The last third or so of Director Phil Harrison’s film about Irish multinationals in South Africa suffers from needless flattening.
The afterlives of indenture
South Africa's history of indentured labor leaves behind a legacy of violence against women among the country's South Asian population.
Malawi’s Festival of Forgetting
As Malawians blur the lines of their past, it becomes more and more difficult to understand the country's present.
Africa’s Last Colony
Western Sahara is the only non-self-governing territory on the African continent awaiting decolonization.
Live from Grahamstown
The National Arts Festival, that celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2014, is the second biggest arts festivals in the world.
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.
Telling stories about Africa
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