Captain Kolisi
South Africa’s national rugby team, the Springboks, gets a black captain for the first time in its history–24 years after the end of Apartheid.
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Marjorie Ruganda
Marjorie Namara Rugunda is a writer, researcher, and PhD student at the University of British Columbia.
The Ebola refugees
Has migration policy reckoned with epidemics like Ebola?
Apo Six, Forever
A reflection on police brutality in Nigeria on the anniversary of the death of the ‘Apo Six.’
This is Nigeria
A group of Nigerian thinkers debate rapper Falz’s take on Childish Gambino’s viral “This Is America.”
This is democracy, political hysteria
Why has Childish Gambino’s “This is America” video resonated with so many people around the world?
Young, Latin & Black
Chief Boima and Francesca Harding on race and cultural difference in Latin America through the lens of trap music.
The Nelson Chamisa chimera in Zimbabwe
While entertaining, the showy presidential campaign of Zimbabwe’s opposition may not amount to much on July 30th.
The untimely death of Afonso Dhlakama
Mozambicans feel the death of the former leader of Renamo could put a wrench in the path towards a peaceful, democratic future.
Africa Day is for Big Men
For decades, Big Men in different forms have had their day in Africa, and have forced us to celebrate “Africa Day” every year. It’s time for a change.
Mohamed Salah and the Egyptians
Sergio Ramos’ injury to Mohamed Salah in the 2018 UEFA Champion’s League final set him up for a world of insults from Egyptian football fans.
Flight of the Boers
South Africa’s lead anti-land reform organization is cultivating its relationship with the international far right.
Full steam ahead
Is there a future for industrialization on the African continent?
Scripted reality in Eritrea
The ruling regime in Eritrea manipulates news and information to gain total control over its citizens.
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.