Africa Is a Country

Janus Faced

Africa Is a Country Podcast
African Five-a-Side Podcast

Janus Faced

By
Sean Jacobs

We’re closing shop from tomorrow, December 24th, until January 4th, 2011.

Thanks for a great year supporting this site.

Meanwhile, follow us on twitter. Because if you don’t, you miss half the good stuff anyway. Some of us–Brett, Herman, Sonja and myself–have a twitterfeed running on the right-hand side of this page. (Just click on the @Twitter text and you’ll be directed to our individual Twitter pages. Others, like Boima, can be reached directly on Twitter.

We’ll update our respective feeds regularly between now and then.

Until 2011.

Further Reading

Trump tariffs and US Imperialism

Trump’s April 2025 tariff blitz ignited market chaos and deepened rifts within his own coalition. Beneath the turmoil lies a battle between technocrats, ultranationalists, and anti-imperial populists, all vying to reshape—or destroy—American global power.

Kenya’s vibe shift

From aesthetic cool to political confusion, a new generation in Kenya is navigating broken promises, borrowed styles, and the blurred lines between irony and ideology.

Africa and the AI race

At summits and in speeches, African leaders promise to harness AI for development. But without investment in power, connectivity, and people, the continent risks replaying old failures in new code.

After the uprising

Years into Cameroon’s Anglophone conflict, the rebellion faces internal fractures, waning support, and military pressure—raising the question of what future, if any, lies ahead for Ambazonian aspirations.