• Davy Lane

Will the breakthrough of a Swazi jockey in British horse racing change the global stakes for Africa and its diaspora's riders?

• Johan Palme

Coming to grips with historically racist stereotypes and colonial traces in children's literature.

• T.J. Tallie
• Alice de Vries

In supposedly post-apartheid South Africa - where political and economic power are at odds - what happens in gay spaces?

• Gregory Mann

When Deacon, a member of the band Animal Collective went to Mali to make an album and ... to end slavery.

• Thomas Blaser

Former UN envoy Jean Ziegler on Third World hunger: "We Let Them Starve."

• Davy Lane

What is it with the long practice in British racing of adding an African appellation to a race horse's name. Most African countries now have at least one horse name after it.

• Wills Glasspiegel

The Nigerian poet and critic, Odia Ofeimun, on how Nollywood depicts traditional culture and religion.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

Cedric Nunn's photography reflects the complex emotions of his black South African subjects, their humanity, dignity, in very personal terms.

• Siddhartha Mitter

A review of a new memoir by Ghana's new President, John Dramani Mahama.

• Elliot Ross

By far the best place to follow Malawian news and politics is social media app, Twitter. It can be relied upon to be the very first place where Malawi’s breaking news gets to the rest of us.

• Megan Eardley
• Marissa Moorman

The oppression/resistance model of politics explains some things, but it does not explain everything, and less and less these days on the continent.

• Serginho Roosblad

In Dutch politics, Africa mostly works as a tactic to embarrass and ridicule your opponent.

• Melissa Levin

'Vershtunkende' is a Yiddish adjective loosely translated as ‘darned,’ ‘exasperating’, ‘maliciously idiotic’. It is not a nice word to use for either a person or thing.

• Marissa Moorman

The Angolan singer's new album deals with war in the widest sense: war with the self, war with family, neighbors, friends.

• Gregory Mann

Last week’s assaults on the tombs of saints, scholars and prominent ancestors in Timbuktu punctuated a long, leaden moment in Mali's crisis.

• Ryan Brown

Nat Nakasa was an ambitious journalist who had the cold fortune of being born black in 20th century South Africa.

• Megan Eardley

A part of Harlem's ballroom scene gets a makeover and a much needed funding injection and international exposure.

• Dan Moshenberg

• Elliot Ross

African fans retain a surprising affection for old colonizers when it comes to international tournaments. Mozambique is no exception.

• Orlando Reade