
A certain Israeli psyche
Israel's Interior Minister, Eli Yishai basically says Israel was a white country in a debate about African immigrants and refugees.

Israel's Interior Minister, Eli Yishai basically says Israel was a white country in a debate about African immigrants and refugees.

Media about African refugees and asylum seekers in Israel highlight their experiences and desires for rights, but erase their agency, portraying them solely as victims of violence and exploitation.
What are the cultural implications of the success of individual African artists in particularly U.S. mainstream media and award shows?


From the late 1950s, emigration to independent Africa became a feasible option for African Americans tired of U.S. racial segregation. After Apartheid, South Africa became too.

Students in my Media and Africa seminar at The New School create short video profiles of African immigrant experiences in New York City. Here I highlight a few of the striking ones.


Sorious Samura joined African migrants trying to make it to Europe for menial jobs and loneliness.

The victim politics peddled on blogs by a section of expatriate white South Africans — often with positive results for them.