AfricaIs aCountry

Office Talk No.1

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Office Talk No.1

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Black Thought, Boots Riley (of the Coup), Jeru da Damaja, Dead Prez, Talib Kweli, and others at Pan African Market, Long Street, Cape Town, 2001 [Chimurenga].

Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero slaps Nairobi Women Rep Rachel Shebesh in front of cameras [Grafix TV]*

Jay Z: The African Way [DJ PAPERCUTT]

Making Tracks: Chicago Footwork  [Thump]

I’m an Alien [Rebel Diaz]

Born Free [Village Voice]

How the World Answered the March on Washington [PRI The World]

Follow that bird [Globe and Mail]

Moroccan Brides [African Digital Art]

A baffling silence on the long tail of Apartheid corruption [Business Day]

Liverpool fan left with red face after getting misspelled Kolo Toure tattoo [Metro]

Southie St. Patrick’s Day breakfast slugfest begins early [Boston Globe]

* Some Kenyans thought it would be funny to start a #SlapThemLikeKidero hashtag on Twitter.

Further Reading

Visiting Ngara

A redevelopment project in Nairobi’s Ngara district promises revival—but raises deeper questions about capital, memory, and who has the right to shape the city.

Gen Z’s electoral dilemma

Long dismissed as apathetic, Kenya’s youth forced a rupture in 2024. As the 2027 election approaches, their challenge is turning digital rebellion and street protest into political power.

A world reimagined in Black

By placing Kwame Nkrumah at the center of a global Black political network, Howard W. French reveals how the promise of pan-African emancipation was narrowed—and what its failure still costs Africa and the diaspora.

Securing Nigeria

Nigeria’s insecurity cannot be solved by foreign airstrikes or a failing state, but by rebuilding democratic, community-rooted systems of collective self-defense.

Empire’s middlemen

From Portuguese Goa to colonial Kampala, Mahmood Mamdani’s latest book shows how India became an instrument of empire, and a scapegoat in its aftermath.

À qui s’adresse la CAN ?

Entre le coût du transport aérien, les régimes de visas, la culture télévisuelle et l’exclusion de classe, le problème de l’affluence à la CAN est structurel — et non le signe d’un manque de passion des supporters.