The #Bullshit Files: Mindy Budgor, ‘the first female Maasai warrior’
Loads of our readers have been badgering us to blog about Mindy Budgor, a young white,
Media
Visual Intimacy
Andrew Dosunmu's film "Mother of George" is a film about love and tradition set amongst Nigerian immigrants in New York City.
The New Black Films
There is something to be said about the sheer volume of highly-anticipated films made by black filmmakers or about communities of color.
Long Walk to Toronto
This boi pic of Nelson Mandela feels like it was picked at random from the Wikipedia version of Mandela's autobiography.
Taking a Critical Look at Dominant White Beauty Ideals
Redmond is an Amsterdam-based intersectional feminist media collective, organizes conversation about beauty ideals, whiteness, race and cultural appropriation.
Mobile Music
For young musicians in Mozambique, "a career in music is a pipe dream." The project, Wired for Sound, wants to change that.
Office Talk No.1
Black Thought, Boots Riley (of the Coup), Jeru da Damaja, Dead Prez, Talib Kweli, and others
The global elite’s favorite strongman
Once again, The New York Times doesn't inform Western audiences about the complexities of governance in Africa or the agency of those who are ruled.
African Radio’s growing and enduring popularity
Growing numbers of radio stations, across the continent, are training young people to deliver news to their peers themselves.
Morgan Tsvangirai and Opposition Politics in Zimbabwe
To understand why Tsvangirai's MDC can't win in Zimbabwe, it is helpful to move beyond the standard analysis of systemic electoral corruption and an unfair vote.
The magical disposition
Township "Living," white people and the limits of "empathy"
Press Freedom in Liberia
Liberian journalists are measured against the ideals of Albert Porte, a muckraking mid-20th century reporter. These days they're doing him proud.
South Africa’s new youth underground?
"We've got Ferraris in Africa. What they gon' say now?", says one of the young people in a new video. Is that the ethics of South Africa's young?
Violence against children doesn’t take place in a vacuum
A government proposal to outlaw violence by parents against their children exposes how widely acceptable the practice is in South Africa.
South African Low-Fi Freedom
A group of artists attempt to democratized the image of the country's past through ripping clips off Youtube to re-author what South Africans once knew.
Isabel’s People
When Forbes, who used to celebrate the Dos Santos family, starts asking questions about the wealth of Angola's rulers.
Täschligate
Why does Oprah Winfrey or anyone else need a $38,000 handbag and why would someone sell her that.
What is wrong with Italian Reality TV?
The question is whether a reality TV show -- focusing on visiting Italians -- filmed in refugee camps in 3 African countries is useful.
Zimbabwe is a victim of outsiders’ fantasies
Zimbabwe is its own self, its own country, not some echo chamber from which people hope to catch reverberated strains of their own discourses.
That uncomfortable feeling
The ‘premature’ launch of South Africa’s second 24-hour news television channel.