The Decade of Film
I participated in Sight & Sound's once-a-decade poll of the greatest films of all time. I included at least two African films: "Borom Sarrett" and "Mapantsula." Hopefully, they make the cut.
Search Result(s) for: “apartheid”
Israel’s Scramble for Africa
Israel’s recent rapprochement to African states is part of a coordinated effort by the government to get close to African countries.
Repackaging Third Way liberalism
Vox's glossy presentations, crisp design and slick animations serve neoliberalism easily digestible to younger people and conducive to social media shares.
International Criminal Court politricks
Reigniting an important debate on the entanglements between the production of justice and the fragility of continental legal mechanisms.
The Summer List
For our traveling readers , here are a list of Africa-related exhibitions and readings this summer taking place in a wide range of cities around the world.
The roots of the current crisis in South Africa
The ways in which state elites and the private sector have found ways to swindle the poor.
South Africa needs a new public debate
Much of the criticism about neoliberalism is coming from the dominant faction of the ANC, the center-left party trying to hold onto power.
Smashing patriarchy, one hip hop cypher at a time
'Words of a Rebel Sistah' wants to create a counter-culture in which women are liberated and all forms of oppression are eradicated.
The old is dying and the young ones have just been born
These young ones who have just been born do not respect authority simply because the rules say they should.
The rising bitterness of South Africa’s black majority
'Dear Mandela' questions whether the history of South Africa's ruling party obscures its corruption and immoralities. And what kinds of movements it would take to challenge the ANC's power head on.
Happy Father’s Day
The Soweto Uprising, Tupac, Walter Rodney, Jeremy Corbyn, Latin American telenovelas, etcetera, all part of this week's Weekend Special.
South Africa’s Left needs a new party
Assuming today’s socioeconomic crisis benefits the Left is folly. That will only happen if we have the political vision to make class the fault line of social polarization, and for that we need to face the challenge of constructing a new party.
The United States of Africa
Yannick Létourneau talks about the genesis of his film about the Senegelese rapper, Awadi. Also, why so many political musicians come from West Africa.
Linton Kwesi Johnson and Black British Struggle
The originator of dub poetry talks about the role of culture in politics, antiracist and class struggle in the UK.
Blackwater’s “Rwanda”
The fantasies of Blackwater, the Michigan firm of mercenaries and as contractor to imperial powers. Also, how it employs Africa as a rhetorical device to get more business.
Akin Omotoso’s Country
A recurring theme in director Akin Omotoso's films is the fraught postapartheid relationship between Nigerian migrants and their South African hosts.
The death of cities
Cities will continue to exist and grow despite the coronavirus crisis because of the distinctly human need for social interaction, physical contact, and collaboration.
Pinkwashing South Africa
The positive media surrounding ‘Cape Town as a gay paradise’ obscures far more complex realities.
You can now trust Nigerians
Recently advertising and the movies in the West have have been hard on Nigerians. Even when they mean well.