God is a profitable and deadly business in Angola
In post-socialist, growth-oriented Angola, the rich are getting richer and the poor have only their faith.
History
François Hollande went to Algeria
Hollande’s visit coincided with a vote in the UN Security Council authorizing ECOWAS intervention in Mali; something Algeria, Mali's northern neighbor, objected to.
Us and Them: Rape and Racism in India
On December 3, in the Indian capital of Delhi, five men gang-raped a 24-year-old Rwandan woman.
Mozambique, the new frontier of global capitalism
What is being cultivated at the new frontier of global capitalism—and for whom?
Six lessons from Ghana’s 2012 elections
Here's on lesson from Ghana's 2012 election: Not only is Akufo-Addo the Ghanaian Mitt Romney, but the NPP are the Republicans of Ghana
First Thoughts on Mali’s Second Coup
Mali's interim Prime Minister is forced out by soldiers. What that means for Mali’s political future is anyone’s guess, but it doesn’t look good.
Bar Ethiopia, Milan
Before it closed, Bar Etiopia had been running for ten years by the graceful Abeba. It
Law and Order
The United States' star mercenary, Erik Prince of Blackwater, protects Chinese investment around the African continent.
Should Mohamed Morsi be TIME’s Person of the Year?
Last week, as he made a bid to become Egypt’s latest dictator, plunging the country into
The Joyce Banda Malawians know
It is becoming apparent that Malawian presidents have one image for the world and a separate one, mostly negative, for the people who actually voted them into power.
Why does South African history continue to be written primarily by white scholars?
The striking minority of black contributors in South African historiography is a scandal more than a decade after the end of apartheid.
Jonas Savimbi is a video game star
No surprise that the dead Angolan rebel leader, Jonas Savimbi, is a video game character; in life he was a media mastermind.
French-Algerian sculptor Rachid Khimoune exhibits in New York City
Rachid Khimoune grew up in a small mining town in Northern France where his Algerian parents
Only Decent White People
A Dutch comedy about an interracial relationship may shape Dutch views of black people there in very negative ways from which they may not recover for a while.
The struggle of the Sahrawi people
Several years ago, I visited Casablanca in Morocco for a few days. What I remember most
When Italian politicians threaten to move to Africa
Africa is really attractive in different ways to many former Italian politicians, it seems.
German amnesia and Herero women
For Namibians fighting Germany over reparations, It’s about more than about a bit of land or perhaps some goats. It’s about time that debt was paid -- with interest.
President of France, King of Africa?
Francois Hollande want French-African relations to be transparent. Is this a new African policy or the old FrançAfrique?
#Kony2005
The writer revisits his notes from 2005 when he visited Acholiland, the site of a conflict between the LRA and Uganda's military.
Legson Kayira, the first Malawian novelist, has died
Malawi had three first novelists: David Rubadiri, Aubrey Kachingwe, and Legson Kayira, who has died this