• Marta Tveit

Is it a good idea to separate African urbanites from the rest of their cohort? How is that even constructive?

• Boima Tucker

Dutty Artz and Africa Is a Country co-present the EP, "L'Afrique Est Un Pays," as a gift to Africa is a Country readers. For a limited time you can download the EP by liking our Facebook page.

• Solome Lemma

The World Bank and IMF have waged a sustained assault on African public services over several decades, and have never been called to account for the profound and lasting damage they have done.

• Lindsey Green-Simms

What precisely is new about new African writing and what makes it different from what we have seen before?

• Tom Devriendt

Weekend Special: The premiere of Mahamat Saleh Haroun's new film "Grigris" and the cover art for the Dutch translation of Binyavanga Wainaina's memoir, among others.

• Jesse Weaver Shipley

Chinua Achebe’s legacy is not fixed but rather about responding to change with energy and wit.

• Gregory Mann

The French news magazine, Courrier International, did a special issue: "Afrique 3.0." We had a closer look. Is it any good?

• Boima Tucker

The thumb piano has made somewhat of a resurgence in contemporary pop music partly because of the international stardom of groups like Konono N˚1.

• Yewande Omotoso

A South African writer gets invited to the Farafina Creative Writing Workshop in Lagos, Nigeria. Her main takeaway: writing is an act of faith; an ancient form of prayer.

• Jonathan Duncan

Writing on depression in Africa is a rarity, so Binyavanga Wainaina's book, "One Day I Will Write About This Place," seems singular.

• Sean Jacobs

Actor Djimon Hounsou doesn't take his own advice about the media he makes about Africa.

• Caitlin L Chandler

In "One Day I Will Write About This Place," Wainaina wants to create a life uniquely his own.

• Sean Jacobs

Binyavanga Wainaina and Teju Cole are among those on a panel discussing the historic 2010 World Cup to be held in South Africa; the first time on the continent.