What are the “unintended consequences of Dutch colonialism”?
In their documentary installation piece “Empire: The unintended consequences of colonialism,” filmmaker team Eline Jongsma and
In their documentary installation piece “Empire: The unintended consequences of colonialism,” filmmaker team Eline Jongsma and
One of the most striking features of Botswana's capital city, is its malls.
When a member of the UK's House of Lords (a few months before she died) told another Lord, over tea, that she'd organized Lumumba's abduction and murder.
Players in the board game, "Ticket to Ride: The Heart of Africa," are cast in the role of colonists, competing to make the largest imprint on Africa's "vast wilderness."
Tintin is full of offensive, racist, stereotypes. Should Africans take the publishers to court? No, argues the author; it is counterproductive.
Geo-branding is a serious thing. It is particularly serious when people from other geographic areas decide
How the economic crisis in Portugal has sent the Portuguese to the shores of former colonies in search of employment.
We couldn't resist including a post with some of the lowlights of 2011.
Why are certain kinds of war stories embraced by critics and go on to find an international audience, while other finely written stories do not?
By Basia Lewandowska Cummings We British are very good at honoring the dead. Last Friday Prime
A lot of music we like don’t come from Africa. Like this one from Dengue Fever,
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHK308_MTiU&w=600&h=373] A satirical film made by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1986. Worth seeing again. It
This is brilliant. The BBC, working with the Royal Geographical Society, has posted an audio slideshow
An interview with the Danish photographer Kim Thue about his work in Sierra Leone's capital.
While reviewing this week’s film, Out of Africa (1985), for our series Africa on Film, I
The artist Andrew Putter make use of the past to construct images of how we might live together in the future.