The Future of The Gettleman
After re-reading this article last night, I traveled to the end of the world and was
Journalism
What Liberia Teaches About the Failures of Aid
While health professionals are crucial frontline responders, the Ebola crisis is indeed too important to be left to medical personnel.
Bad reporting on Ebola is worse than ignoring It
It is clear that the way in which the outbreak is portrayed in popular media has contributed to confusion, fear and a panicked response.
Why I am afraid of Ebola
I am afraid of Ebola because it is an enemy of critical and balanced thinking about Africa, about disease, about our common humanity.
Germany has its own “Sinterklaas Scandal”
Why is it so difficult to understand when we Africans say that it’s offensive?
Akon’s “giant Ebola air bubble”
That story about Akon, the Senegalese-American R&B singer, performing in an air bubble to thousands of screaming Congolese in Goma, because he doesn't want to get Ebola is false
Edition: Dakar
In June of 2014, My Africa Is decided to dive into Dakar, Senegal, a rarely talked
Get Well Soon, Ashoka
Today the American network NBC announced publicly that friend (and contributor) of Africa is a Country, Ashoka Mukpo, is
To Live and Die with Ebola in Liberia
The idea that this has been a crisis only of the country’s health care systems is wrong. This has also been a crisis of governance.
The Resurrection of Nat Nakasa
“This is Simply a Personal Statement from Me to You” On August 18th I attended the
The Economist has a slavery problem
To repeat: The Economist magazine has had a "Slavery Problem" since 1843.
What’s the matter with … R.W. Johnson
And why is the London Review of Books giving Johnson, a rightwing South African liberal, a regular platform to espouse his rantings?
Telling “the African story”
We often hear political and business leaders and Africanists talk about the need to “tell the African
Oscar Pistorius’ anxiety spectacle
Biased media reporting won’t advance popular and professional understandings on how psychiatric conditions interact social and economic sources of stress.
There are apparently only three people in the world that can cook pasta like Wole Soyinka
Soyinka turned 80 this year. We learn this in an interview a Nigerian newspaper did with his
Facebook Politics in Zimbabwe
The 'Baba Jukwa' Facebook page exposes state and ruling party corruption and correctly predicts leadership battles in Zimbabwe. Who is behind it?
The Goal is Clarity
When it comes to Israel and Palestine, for Americans, it doesn’t matter if the careful phrases contradict the most basic facts.
Shooting Lagos
In February of 2013, I made a hurried decision to head to Lagos, in an attempt
Thank You, Associated Press
We published “Neymar and the Disappearing Donkey” (to coincide with the World Cup in Brazil) on
Brazilians are used to this
The Mexican writer Alma Guillermoprieto declared this World Cup “the best ever.” Few can disagree. A