The films of Sarah Maldoror
Maldoror on filmmaking: "To make a film means to take a position ... I make films so that people—no matter what race or color they are—can understand them."
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The meaning of February 11, 1990
A veteran anti-apartheid figure writes about the day Nelson Mandela--after 27 years--was released from prison.
Jeffrey Gettleman’s Continent
The New York Times East Africa correspondent can be summarized in three self evident points.
Cape Verde’s Blue Sharks make a big splash
The national football team's oach Lúcio Antunes: “We respect all our opponents but we are not afraid of anyone.”
A team of quality players
Even if Morrocco does not get pass the first round of the 2013 African Cup of Nations, we should be happy that at least we qualified for the tournament.
Africa Cup of Nations Memories: When Sudan scored their first AFCON goal in 32 years
…were thrown into a group with Ivory Coast, Angola and Burkina Faso. We lost the first
Africa, in a state of constant self-discovery
Afripedia is a visual guide to contemporary urban culture on the continent.
What Muhammad Ali Believed
Muhammad Ali's political life was like his boxing career: as frustrating and contradictory as it was principled and selfless.
Apparently, I love Africa. I’ve been told this by people who hardly know me.
In 2003, I was among the hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, who marched through London to
‘Their champagne party will end’
In the age of renewed tyranny and illiberalism, diverse political repertoires and modes of struggle from the continent of Africa offer inspiration.
How to film a revolution
The films of Robert Van Lierop and Margaret Dickson chronicled anti-imperial struggles in Mozambique.
President João Lourenço’s iron cage
Preoccupied with attracting foreign investment and fighting corruption while managing a split in the ruling party, the Angolan president João Lourenço ignores his strongest ally: youthful civil society.
Father of the nation
The funeral of popular Angolan musician Nagrelha underscored his capacity to mobilize people and it reminds us that popular culture offers a kind of Rorschach test for the body politic.
Reading List: Sheila Collins
American civil rights activist George Houser was also active in Africa’s anti-colonial struggle. To write his biography, Sheila Collins widely read 20th century African political history.
The Joe Miller model
Remembering Joe Miller, a historian of eastern Angola and central Africa, who died at 79 on 12 March 2019.
Africa’s first trans music star
The popular Kudurista, Titica, is one of the the top stars of this growing Angolan dance music form.