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The African childhoods of white expats
Are publishers unwilling to back anything besides more of the same tried, tested and tired old formula?
Achille Mbembe’s Africa
if Africa wants to re-imagine itself it will have to look somewhere else than to Europe which “seems to be gripped by an enormous desire for apartheid.”
The graphic first 50 years of Congo’s independence
A graphic novel written and illustrated by a group of Congolese graphic artists, take stock of a half-century of independence for the DRC.
Sleeping Dogs
The poetry of Ronelda Kamfer sheds light on the still marginalized lives of South Africa’s “brown communities.”
What Obama means to Black Americans
Black America want better schools, better jobs, cheaper health care, lower taxes, smaller prison populations, stronger labor unions.
You Never Walk Alone
It's no accident that so many South Africans watch and support English Premier League football teams.
Love in Africa
This book explores love, that stuff most Western journalists rarely write about when they write about Africa.
The Ugandan Soldier
A comic book, published by an imprint of DC Comics, is set during the Ugandan Civil War.