When the material writes itself
The comedians Jon Stewart and Bassem Youssef and Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood.
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Fatima B. Derby
Fatima B. Derby is a Ghanaian feminist writer and queer activist.
How to Paint Ghosts
An interview with Ivorian artist Aboudia. Jean-Michel Basquiat is often cited as an influence in his work, but local experience is a bigger muse.
A fictional portrait of a national dream
Cristina De Middel self-published book “The Afronauts,” revisits the 1960s shortlived, abandoned project by Zambia’s government to send the first African astronauts to Mars
No, Africans don’t remember Margaret Thatcher fondly
Thatcher’s energetic opposition to sanctions and support for right wing forces prolonged the state of violence across the breadth of Southern Africa.
Margaret Thatcher is dead
Margaret Thatcher put to rest the essentialist fallacy that women are inherently more moral than men.
Wogdog Blues for Burkina Faso: An Interview with Art Melody
Art Melody, the Burkina Faso-based gruff-voiced emcee who also completes the high-octane duo Waga3000, came to
Al Jazeera Goes French
Al Jazeera is planning a French language version of its news network. That means, government funded France 24 will be in direct competition with it for viewership in Africa and amongst the continent’s French speaking diaspora.
The Last Prostitute
Licínio Azevedo’s “Virgin Margarida” is a critical look into Mozambique’s past–its re-education camps.
Friday All Jazz Break
A bonus music break focused on jazz, including a conference on South African jazz, as well as the varied sounds of Jon Batiste, Guillermo Klein, Madeline Peyroux, Secret Society, and Moonchild,
Kenyan Neorealism
Nairobi Half Life is a smart, take-no-prisoners action movie that makes us to wrestle with the neoliberal city.
Africans in Cannes
For all its cinema glitz, Cannes is in a part of France associated with the far right and very anti-immigrant, so it is a treat to see the region is hosting an African themed film festival.
A Poet of Global Encounters
Chinua Achebe’s legacy is not fixed but rather about responding to change with energy and wit.
Tendai Maraire: “Boom is me throwing a punch at those that still disrespect Zimbabwean music”
When Tendai Maraire broke down his Pungwe mixtape for us last year. I remember when Zimbabwe gained independence.
The visibility of contemporary African women artists
Zimbabwean photographer, Nancy Mteki: “If we don’t stand up for ourselves, no one else is going to do it.”
The story of a lost white boy
The story of Happy Sindane, the lost white boy, who put a lie to South Africa’s rainbow shibboleths.
Africa in a way that hasn’t been seen before
For our series interviewing the new generation of African creatives, we sent questions to designer. Olalekan Jeyifous. We asked him for his five favorite designs.
Can African Heads of State speak
Why when African leaders meet Barack Obama, they are received in groups (unlike all other heads of state) and rarely get to speak?
Afrique 3.0, Version 2.0
The French news magazine, Courrier International, did a special issue: “Afrique 3.0.” We had a closer look. Is it any good?
The Steve Biko Party
What has Steve Bantu Biko got to do with partying and spring in the Netherlands?
I Sing the Desert Electric
A short film of electronic based music across the Sahel region: Mauritania to Northern Nigeria and in-between.