• Boima Tucker

What are the cultural implications of the success of individual African artists in particularly U.S. mainstream media and award shows?

• Mohlomi Maubane

Watching a 34 year old Benni McCarthy back in South Africa with Orlando Pirates, leave many observers with a lingering feeling that he could have achieved so much more.

• Kathryn Mathers

Oprah, like Kristof, turns a personal desire to help sufferers of abuse into a more than acceptable African development program.

• Elliot Ross

A big part of the story that is being missed about Invisible Children is that they're firmly rooted in Evangelical Christianity.

• Sean Jacobs

• Basia Cummings

• Elliot Ross

The only way to sustain interest in the lives of African and African American NFL players is to either talk about their personal tragedy or show how moved they are by the plight of other black people.

• Sean Jacobs

Throwback: What happened when Trevor Noah made his debut on American network TV.

• Sean Jacobs

Most Nigerians don’t trust their government and overpaid public representatives with taxpayers’ money. So, they rose up.

• Sean Jacobs

We couldn't resist including a post with some of the lowlights of 2011.

• Sean Jacobs

• Sean Jacobs

• Sean Jacobs

For Ugandans the Americans are basically aiding a military infrastructure that will mostly terrorize local people and strengthen an unpopular dictator.

• Sean Jacobs

• Sean Jacobs

• Sean Jacobs

• Africa Is a Country

Nelson and Winnie Mandela's descendants fought apartheid for the right to make a reality TV show and South Africans fought for the right see it.

• Sean Jacobs

"Law and Order," opened its 13th season with a very transparent plot based on the Dominique Strauss Kahn rape case. It is not very good.

• Sean Jacobs

• Dan Moshenberg