Scripted reality in Eritrea
The ruling regime in Eritrea manipulates news and information to gain total control over its citizens.
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Golda Gatsey
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Revolutionary intellectuals
History will reward those thinkers whose ideals and actions remained aligned with the people.
How not to photograph Nigerian women
On The New York Times’ tone-deaf photo-essays of a group of Nigerian women who managed to escape Boko Haram.
Wanlov The Kubolor and the spirit of forward thinking
More than a decade after his first hit, Wanlov the Kubolor remains a fiercely creative, independent and critical deconstructor of all things commercial.
The rise of the gangster state in South Africa
President Jacob Zuma oversaw a rise in political violence across all sectors of South African society.
This mother of mine
On Mother’s Day — a dedication to hardscrabble mothers.
Social media and political violence in Cape Town
Reporting on protests in poor communities where the mainstream media lacks, social media picks up the slack. This isn’t always a good thing.
What’s behind Tunisia’s growing military?
In post-uprising Tunisia, the western backed military is hampering the country’s transition to democracy.
Senegalese cinema does not exist
Wolof-centered television may be a beacon of hope for Senegal’s waning cinema culture.
Neoliberalism’s children
There is very little self-made about Nigeria’s young, rich and glamorous like oil magnate Paddy Adenuga and DJ Cuppy.
It’s only business
How private education companies ruin education in Kenya: Private education companies have sought to cash in on the development game.
An overripe fruit will eventually fall off the tree
Artists played central roles in the protest movement that ended dictatorship in Burkina Faso.
One day we will find a language for this
New Warscapes volume explores travels and lives of migrants and refugees beyond mainstream portrayals.
On May Day, what is there to celebrate in Africa?
On International Workers’ Day, we provide a sweeping assessment of the strengths, weaknesses and potential of African trade unions.
Kwame Nkrumah and decolonial imagination
Historian Jeffrey Ahlman talks with Dan Magaziner about Nkrumahism’s shifting forms, and its influence on contemporary decolonization movements.
Two places called Kongo
Francesca Harding joins Chief Boima for the fourth episode recorded in Los Angeles, California. Our guest is Angolan activist Mel Gamboa.
How business news shapes Africa’s image
A study of Reuters suggests news media is not a simple mirror to the world: News content is a crafted, cultural product.
Where the social is political
If media claims to be a tool for deepening democracy and development in Africa, why is it necessary for protesters to resort to burning and barricading?
‘Going out’ – China in African media
China is developing a media footprint in Africa, via providing digital TV services and a global news channel.
If data is the answer, what are the African questions?
Having learnt from years of extolling “technological revolution,” isn’t it time we ask the right question(s) about data in Africa?