Bringing Brazil’s Northeastern culture to the world
I've never been to the Northeast of Brazil, but I have paid R$5 to walk through
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Fatima B. Derby
Fatima B. Derby is a Ghanaian feminist writer and queer activist.
The Great Question in Dar es Salaam
It’s the Great Question in business, and the Great Question in public offices.
The Roots of Africa’s Present Condition
Today sees the relaunch of the famed Review of African Political Economy, this time on the
Weekend Music Break – Madiba The 5th December Edition
On this day two years ago, Nelson Mandela passed. Madiba and his legacy has been covered widely
Decolonising Lesotho’s Literary Landscape
Lesotho writers and creators’ growing awareness that they are part of a global society and just trying to claim their place as agents in this world that they live in.
A Cartographic Narrative
Visualizing the 1760-1761 Slave Revolt in Jamaica, the greatest slave insurrection in the eighteenth century British Empire.
Hip hop is the voice of the working class
An interview with Cape Town-based anarchist hip hop collective, Soundz of the South (or SOS).
Europe’s Eritrean “Problem”
Eritrean refugees — one of the largest groups seeking safety in Europe — have been a primary target of those wanting to close Europe’s borders.
Africa is a Radio: Episode #14
2015's last episode of Africa is a Radio features a snippet from an extended interview with
Grasping the specificity of the political in Africa
Revisiting the Ugandan political scientist Mahmood Mamdani’s seminal book, “Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism.”
The Magnificence of Kongo Art
Twenty-one years ago, “Angolan Sculpture, memorial of cultures,” curated by Marie Louise Bastin in the Lisbon
The Organic Intellectual
Sam Moyo, who died in a car accident on 22 November 2015, was a leading authority on Zimbabwean agrarian, land, and environmental issues.
The hypocrisy of the imperial enterprise
How to make sense of the Paris attacks within the international history of the 20th and 21th century, especially France’s history of colonialism.
Between Rwanda and Mandela
When it comes to Africa, as Wole Soyinka recently wrote in his book “Of Africa,” the West is constantly careening between hope and despair, Rwanda and Mandela
Mahmood Mamdani remembers his friend and comrade Sam Moyo
I no longer recall when exactly I met Sam. Maybe it was in the late 1970s
The bargaining power of African states
One of the main challenge for the continent remain: there is a lack of consensus in terms of African strategies towards India, the US, or China.
The Bill Cosby Show
To make sense of Bill Cosby’s fall from grace requires distinguishing questions of legacy from questions of individual reputation.
An ode in memory of Chimusoro Sam Moyo
The feminist Bella Matabanadzho remembers Zimbabwean academic and activist Sam Moyo carrying his “intellectual smarts with so much ease.”
Why I left the most beautiful place on earth
The appeal of living off the grid, in a small, hippy bubble on the tip of Africa is what drew the author to Scarborough in Cape Town but the reality – especially the casual racism – drives him away.
The Congolese Burden
‘Beauté Congo’ wonderfully represents Congolese contemporary art, yet fails to completely evade European colonial baggage.