Nando’s Grilled Chicken Politics
We asked the Africa Is a Country "office" to comment on Nando's new ad that is supposedly a comment on the widespread antiblack xenophobia in South Africa.
Advertising
Uptown Sahel
Thinking about ways that Africa is represented by NGO's and other international organizations.
First as tragedy, then as farce
What is it with the conviction, held primarily in the West, that you can save yourself and the world (well, usually Africans) by shopping?
African Men
The video, "African Men. Hollywood Stereotypes," made by an American NGO, is part of the "Brand Africa" discourse that's all the rage now.
French Tropicalism
When it comes to engaging with French language opinions and writings in English, it’s a desert out there.
The Invisible Christians
A big part of the story that is being missed about Invisible Children is that they're firmly rooted in Evangelical Christianity.
A miserable fraud
The power to choose on social media who is to be the next target of America’s moral manhunt, all with the benediction of a panel of biddable celebrities.
If commercials were a competition
A sample of some of the TV commercials made specifically for the 2012 African Cup of Nations football tournament.
‘Fictional’ Cape Town
How Cape Town is used by advertising firms as a cheaper, stand-in location for Euro-American locations.
The Hall of Shame
We couldn't resist including a post with some of the lowlights of 2011.
The business of selling beer
SABMiller's new Impala Beer is marketed to poor people who don’t buy other commercially distributed beers because they are too expensive.
