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?
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Elliot Ross
Elliot Ross was a member of the editorial board of Africa is a Country.
Wayne Rooney and a rhinoceros
The ultimate preview of the 2013 Afcon Final: Will it be Stephen Keshi’s time or can the Burkinabé shock the world in Soweto?
Burkina Faso is this year’s Zambia
A footballing minnow has shocked the great names of African football with a series of audacious, spirited displays, making it all the way to the 2013 Afcon final.
Heroes of Afcon 2013: from DR Congo’s “bum shuffling” goalie to Ouwo Moussa Maâzou, the Nigerien striking sensation
The quarter finals are upon us, and this is where things get serious. The group stages
Afcon 2013 Preview: Drogba’s last chance of Nations Cup glory with Côte d’Ivoire
By John James* One day Côte d'Ivoire will lift the cup, said captain Didier Drogba, shortly
Without too many hairy moments
What we learned from the third day, still deep in the first round, of the 2013 African Cup of Nations.
Afcon 2013 Preview: Can Zambia’s Chipolopolo do it again?
Guest Post By Charles Mafa* Zambian fans know what it's like to participate in the Africa
Afcon 2013 Preview: Ethiopia finally back where they belong (including incredible archival footage)
Guest Post By Andreas Hansen for Addis Rumble* It has been a long time coming. The Ethiopian national
They say a great player can play anywhere
What we learned from Day Two of the 2013 African Cup of Nations being hosted by South Africa.
Afcon 2013 Preview: Bamako expects experienced Mali team to go far
Guest Post by Samira Sawlani* We won’t be surprised if Malians don’t care much for football
Our African Cup of Nations 2013 predictions
So first we gave you the back story. Now here's our official predictions for the African
A Very Short History of the Africa Cup of Nations
The big kick-off is nearly upon us. Just 11 months after that extraordinary Zambian triumph in
Futbol Is a Country
We want to present a more global, postcolonial (for want for a better word) take on world football.
Not an African Christmas
If the image of the starving black child has been deemed obsolete, then so has the Western “we” that claimed so much power for itself in the late 1980s.
The Next James Bond
The Bond franchise has a white casting problem, but at least it has made peace with Britain and its institutions’ marginal position within world affairs.
Legson Kayira, the first Malawian novelist, has died
Malawi had three first novelists: David Rubadiri, Aubrey Kachingwe, and Legson Kayira, who has died this
The Danger of a Single TED Talk
Africa isn’t a brand and we find the clamor for “positive news” from Africa inane and condescending.
Malawian Twitter is not a gentle place
By far the best place to follow Malawian news and politics is social media app, Twitter. It can be relied upon to be the very first place where Malawi’s breaking news gets to the rest of us.
John Terry’s African Alibi
We British like nothing more than a nice inquiry. The exorbitant jail terms meted out to last
Mozambique versus Spain
African fans retain a surprising affection for old colonizers when it comes to international tournaments. Mozambique is no exception.