The Bronx, Ghana
From a New York Daily News story (from earlier this year) about Twi (Ghanaian language) courses
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.
An Ordinary Killing
Riveting piece of journalism in this weekend’s New York Times Magazine as well as an accompanying
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.
Perspective on 2011 SA Local Elections
If you’re tired of the nonsense published in The New York Times or on the BBC
Nigeria Votes
Benedicte Kurzen’s often graphic images of the recent (April 16) presidential elections in Nigeria and its
Paul Kagame Spins Youtube
Paul Kagame is a skilled media operator. Sending unprepared interviewers his way, is not how to do journalism.
Some Men in South Africa
A 13-year-old South African girl is the latest victim of “corrective rape,” in which men rape
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?
Magnificent
Earlier this week ESPN won seven Sports Emmy Awards, including one for music during the 2010
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.
Prince Amukamara of New York
It’s the socialist National Football League (of America’s) Draft in New York City this week and
Mahmood Mamdani on Uganda
The umpteenth stand-off between Uganda's government and the "Walk to Work" protests by opposition forces.
Media Criticism
From the United States of America, a country of “sideshows and carnival barkers.”
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.
So, language originated in Africa
I suppose we should be proud or something.
The American President's Mother
Reporter Janny Scott in The New York Times, and the author of “A Singular Woman: The