The media caricature of Hugo Chávez
A BBC interview with Julius Malema, a South African political leader and acolyte of Chavez, is exhibition 1,000,003 mainstream media framing of the late Venezuelan president.
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The Africa-China romance is killing Europe
A Dutch documentary film explores increasing migration and trade links between African countries, their citizens and China.
Counting bodies and column inches
The Pistorius' murder trial is a good time to review how New York Times reported on another South African killing: Marikana.
Kenya is More than its Election
The Kenyan people have voted. The Kenyan elections have come and not quite gone. The foreign
Have a Nice Trip
How does it feel to be an African asylum seeker in Europe.
Vice and Albinos in Tanzania
Vice.com's reductive and alarmist style of writing about the continent is not only outdated, but deplorable and contravenes responsible journalism.
Oil in the Angolan President’s Family
We ought to ask questions about Angola’s Sovereign Wealth Fund. But also about the history of Chevron, Exxon, and Conoco in the country.
Africa is a Country TV is back: We interview Kenyan supergroup Just a Band
Apart from seeing our logo superimposed on a building in downtown Johannesburg, this is a good
How not to report on Kenya’s elections
Reporting ahead of Kenya’s election by the international media can basically be placed in two general categories: optimism and, of course, no surprise, pessimism.
Big Weekend for Jason Russell
There is nothing heroic about running a cushy, big-spending non-profit like Invisible Children that works hand-in-glove with the CIA and the US military.
So, has the media gotten anything right reporting the Pistorius murder case?
We’ve blogged here about what’s been wrong about the coverage of the murder of the relatively
Woman, object, corpse: Killing women through media
Since Valentine’s Day everyone has been talking about the murder of Reeva Steenkamp, although rarely in
The subversion of Nollywood cinema
Zina Saro Wiwa wants Nigerian film to break out of its Nollywood straightjacket. She is trying it with her film, "Phyllis."
Spiritual guitar music
A post that takes a warm, nostalgic trip through an aspect of West Africa's rich musical heritage: Nigerian highlife.
The Music of Bell Atlas
One of my current favorite bands–haven’t seen them play live yet; they’re out West–is Bell Atlas.
The individual vs the cause
The enduring controversies around Egyptian-American activist Mona Eltahawy.
Do African filmmakers care for FESPACO?
Filmmakers who use digital technology hope FESPACO catches up to the times. Meanwhile, this year the festival attempts to right its gender imbalances.
A state of cultural flux
Andrew Dosunmu's new feature film, "Mother of George," is set in Brooklyn, NY’s Bed-Stuy neighborhood, focusing on the complications of African immigrant life, especially love and family.
Nigeria’s National Anthem
Did Goodluck Jonathan allegedly take US $1m from an anti-poverty fund to allegedly bring Beyonce and Jay-Z to Nigeria in 2006?
Shameful Self-promotion: Sean wrote an online essay for the SSRC on ‘New media in Africa and the Global Public Sphere’
The main takeaway from #Kony2012 is that it will probably retain some salience—despite the widespread criticism