Isabel’s People
When Forbes, who used to celebrate the Dos Santos family, starts asking questions about the wealth of Angola’s rulers.
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Fatima B. Derby
Fatima B. Derby is a Ghanaian feminist writer and queer activist.
Täschligate
Why does Oprah Winfrey or anyone else need a $38,000 handbag and why would someone sell her that.
The discourse about a film
What are the politics of the briefly banned film “Of Good Report”?
Michael Caine on the Cape Flats
The film “Zulu” – starring Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom – are getting lukewarm reviews. Is the novel, it’s based on, any good?
Not stitched together
This week’s Weekend Music Break, no. 50, includes a homage to the 34 striking miners murdered by South African police in August 2012.
The image of the modern Arab man
The photographer Scarlett Coten wants to look beyond accepted stereotypes of Arab men, exposing a more diverse, and perhaps softer image.
5 New Films to Watch Out For, N°29
Nègre Blanc ("White Negro"), director Cheikh N'diaye's new film about albinism, in which he tackles rumors, stereotypes and misconceptions through the eyes of Cameroonian storyteller Léonard de Semnjock, is one of the five films on our list this week.
What is wrong with Italian Reality TV?
The question is whether a reality TV show — focusing on visiting Italians — filmed in refugee camps in 3 African countries is useful.
Writing Windhoek
Namibian literature is a subject that usually draws a blank look and those deeply involved face many frustrations.
Hiding in Plain View
Many believe slavery was a “black page in history.” This is a false representation of history and insulting, given the legacies of slavery are so present today.
There is no liberal tradition in South Africa
Running like a blue thread through the history of South African liberalism is a readiness to defer to white prejudices that has been consistently repaid in the coin of unambiguous rejection.
The noises of Lagos
Emeka Ogboh’s experimental videos and soundscapes of Lagos, Nigeria.
When Basquiat went to Africa
In 1988, Basquiat traveled to Cote d’Ivoire, anticipating “very unsophisticated” Africans would see his art. That’s not what happened.
Mali’s Elections: First Thoughts on Round Two
It’s worth remembering that the outcome of this election will represent stability more than change.
The fuss over the first Afro-Latino Spiderman
When Marvel Comics first announced that a new Spiderman would be half-Hispanic and half-African-American.
Zimbabwe is a victim of outsiders’ fantasies
Zimbabwe is its own self, its own country, not some echo chamber from which people hope to catch reverberated strains of their own discourses.
That uncomfortable feeling
The ‘premature’ launch of South Africa’s second 24-hour news television channel.
Summer in the City
Weekend Music Break 49 makes stops in South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda and with the diaspora in Australia, among others.
Everyone has their own Paul Biya
What would happen if the president goes missing? The people wouldn’t care. They’ve learned to live without him.
Little Stan Greenberg is Dead
South African political party, the DA, pivots its election campaign around claiming Nelson Mandela. Who came up with this?