Libya’s Race Problem
Colonel Gaddafi's alleged use of "black mercenaries," has put the question of race in Libya's revolution front and center.
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'Coming to America'
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The Whites-Only French
France today is struggling with race because — unlike its former colonies — it never actually went through its own process of decolonization.
There’s more to Staten Island than ‘Mob Wives’ and Wu Tang Clan
…in the last decade. It’s hard to say how many Liberians and others live in Staten
A nice saxophone solo
Pop culture is often at its best when it accurately reflects reality, so it’s no surprise that our music, like our history, is repeating itself.
Weekend Special, August 5
…academic (and decent writer) Richard Pithouse in CounterPunch on the case of the “Kennedy 12” *
Black France
The presence of black people in France spans the last three centuries.
Fathers, men and brothers
The third in my series of musical breaks from Paris, France, features L'Algerino, Nessbeal, Corneille and La Fouine.
"The Somali Neurosis"
…book TV could look this good and informative. Tradition, immigration, colonialism, exile, etcetera, gets an airing.
Hollandaise sauce
The children of immigrants prefer Francois Hollande and the Socialists in France's presidential elections. (Paris is a Continent, number7.)
Inbox
…in a matter based on your scholarship on South Africa. My immigration law firm is currently
Dabbling in the sublime
The 2012 edition of the Berlinale includes a number of films from Africa or with African themes.
Reverse Colonization
How the economic crisis in Portugal has sent the Portuguese to the shores of former colonies in search of employment.
Letter to the Republic
The duplicity of France's ruling classes preoccupy most of this week's entry - number 10 - of Paris Is a Comment.
The Other African election: France’s First Round
Both of the front-runners, incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist François Hollande, have run against FrançAfrique. Easier said than done.
A French migration fairytale
A remarkable amount of new films in recent months have used migration, detention and illegal sea crossings as their subject matter.
Pinkwashing South Africa
The positive media surrounding ‘Cape Town as a gay paradise’ obscures far more complex realities.
Africa is a Science Fiction Superpower
A film series in London explores what it would mean imbuing Africa with extra-terrestrial powers. We speak to the curators, Al Cameron and Nav Haq.
On African Asylum Seekers in Israel
Media about African refugees and asylum seekers in Israel highlight their experiences and desires for rights, but erase their agency, portraying them solely as victims of violence and exploitation.
The Legacy of Nat Nakasa
Nat Nakasa was an ambitious journalist who had the cold fortune of being born black in 20th century South Africa.