The Redemption of General Butt-Naked
A film about former Liberian child soldier, Joshua Milton Blahyi, adds to his celebrity and his reputation as a skilled manipulator.
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Fatima B. Derby
Fatima B. Derby is a Ghanaian feminist writer and queer activist.
Corner Shops and Arcade Games
In hoods in 1980s South Africa, 20-cent pieces were used to play the old bootleg arcade games at corner stores. It also inspired a clothing label.
The Mobile Phone Chimera
Two recent articles highlight the fact that the digital divide is very much still with us, and in fact new kinds of divides may be opening up.
The Black Maroons of Colombia
The spontaneous mobilization of Afro-Colombians against mining corporations (backed by the Colombian state) is something to pay attention to.
Liberian identity for a new generation
Young people in Monrovia create a new music genre. Junior Freeman is at the heart of this musical revolution.
Lady Gaga lives in Lagos
Goldie’s allusions to madness typify a common theme present in the music of many of today’s successful female artists.
The ‘African chambermaid’ and the media
Nafissatou Diall’s rape accusation against Strauss-Kahn plays out in front of wider struggles by African women to secure justice and well-being.
A nice saxophone solo
Pop culture is often at its best when it accurately reflects reality, so it’s no surprise that our music, like our history, is repeating itself.
Pretty in Pink
One in ten young people on Cape Town’s Cape Flats finish high school. The highlight of their school career – and sometime their lives – is prom, known as the matric ball.
Jeremy Cronin’s Cape Town
The leftist and poet Jeremy Cronin speaks on identity politics and race in South Africa’s second city, Cape Town.
The Rwandan Glass Ceiling
When does being a Rwandan woman matter? When that woman is a killer, a rapist, a torturer, a `monster.’ Not when she is an organizer and a healer.
Africa is a Country
Must be our blog title. Someone named STONE decides to vent on The Hill's Congress Blog about
Independence Day: June 27th, Djibouti
Earlier this year, Djiboutians marched the streets of their capital (where more than half of all
When Malcolm X went to Africa
“As long as we think that we should get Mississippi straightened out before we worry about the Congo, you’ll never get Mississippi straightened out.”
Naija, London
Photographer Liz Johnson Artur, first arrived in Peckham, London, 20 years ago to live. A neighborhood
Notes on the South African Experiment
Achille Mbembe (the links are to previous references of Mbembe on this blog) gave a lecture
The music of Madagascar’s young people
Celebrate a country’s independence day by featuring some of the music of its young people. This is Madagascar’s turn today, June 26th.
June 25th, Mozambican Independence
In celebrating Mozambican independence day, we made a list of the most popular music videos in mid-2011.
Music Break
I forgot. I wanted to give AIAC's Boima a shoutout for his Ghetto Balms Mix Tape
It is the time for summer lists
A few of those things we missed, tweeted or could not get to this past week.