Pirates and Chiefs
Why do football matches between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates matter more than any other sporting event in South Africa. Even more than when the rugby Springboks play.
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Marjorie Ruganda
Marjorie Namara Rugunda is a writer, researcher, and PhD student at the University of British Columbia.
Arabs and Africans
How the African Cup of Nations shows up Arab-African identity and cultural politics on the continent.
Is Rammstein racist?
The German metal band Rammstein’s video for ‘Auslander’ wants it both ways: a critique of colonialism and sex tourism, but right-wing neo-nazis can also enjoy the fascist iconography.
Waterless scars and pipe dreams in Nairobi
Poor Nairobi residents pay close to four times more for water that is much less clean, adequate or consistent.
Nigeria’s first lesbian documentary
A new documentary film aims to promote awareness and acceptance of LGBTQ in a country where living openly as a gay woman is often a silent and secret struggle.
Monetary imperialism in Francophone Africa
The transcript of a conversation with Senegalese development economist, Ndongo Samba Sylla, about monetary policy and its colonial legacy.
Eight hours in Addis
A reflection by Kenyan writer, Norbert Odero, on a short visa-free visit to Ethiopia.
Drones over Djibouti
Investments in military infrastructure by global powers, such as China and the United States, have increased on the African continent in recent years.
Mozambique is a Dutch business
Development aid and promoting the foreign interests of Dutch businesses like Shell and Heineken are coupled in the world’s fifth poorest nation. Critics aren’t convinced it’s a good deal.
Poverty, inequality and virtuousness in South Africa
The inadequacy of charity in tackling the legacies of apartheid and colonialism.
Zionism and global African studies
Delegates to ‘Global Africa’ at Oxford University write about how Zionists and their apologists target the academy.
Fanon Forever
Fanon is your revolutionary’s revolutionary. His life and work continue to inspire and empower a new generation of dreamers and fighters.
Neoliberalism and the march of impunity in Equatorial Guinea
How does the world’s longest serving autocrat remain in power?
Apartheid, anthropology and Johnny Clegg
All that French marketing schtick aside about “the white Zulu,” Johnny Clegg was a real one.
Algerian football success is a double-edged sword
Algeria reached the African Cup final for the first time in 29 years after defeating Nigeria. It can’t be divorced from politics back home.
Durban gets a new literary festival
What happens when ike’s, a legendary bookstore in Durban, South Africa, creates a literary festival? For one, synergy.
Justice in the Sahel
How local conflicts in the Sahel-Sahara over justice, or rather its absence, get dragged into tensions between outsiders.
How not to change a curriculum
One of South Africa’s leading universities, UCT, released a curriculum change framework post-#RhodeMustFall. This is a critique by two alum.
A very American story
The long and wondrous life of Hassan Ouakrim, the “Cultural Ambassador” of the Maghreb to the United States.
What role for the Black American Left on Sudan?
The American website Black Agenda Report commented on the protests in Sudan and got it completely wrong.