
Journalism




Sarah Palin is going to Sudan
The main reaction to Palin is to mock her, but the problem is someone like her got those close to the most powerful office globally. That should scare us.

Sierra Leone’s Own TV
An interview with the founders of a media center providing technical, artistic and vocational support to filmmakers in Freetown.


When You Refuse, You Say No
The intersection of rape, power, and impunity in Guinea has a history that is very recent and very dark.



Paul Kagame Spins Youtube
Paul Kagame is a skilled media operator. Sending unprepared interviewers his way, is not how to do journalism.

Africa’s media considered
What is the state of the media in Africa? And how is it dealing with perhaps the biggest emerging story continent-wide, the rise of the extractive sector?

The Representation of Ghana
Could "Sakawa," a form of internet scamming popular in Ghana, be a means by which to make to sense of contemporary life there?

The Whites-Only French
France today is struggling with race because — unlike its former colonies — it never actually went through its own process of decolonization.

Mahmood Mamdani on Uganda
The umpteenth stand-off between Uganda's government and the "Walk to Work" protests by opposition forces.

It’s time to be offended
Middle class South African inertia and the police murder of activist Andries Tatane during a protest in town in the Free State province.