When Maya Angelou lived in Africa
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, a group of African Americans moved to Ghana and redefined their relationships to citizenship in the U.S. and their African identities.
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Marjorie Ruganda
Marjorie Namara Rugunda is a writer, researcher, and PhD student at the University of British Columbia.
The quotidian life of a neighborhood
Does the graphic novel, ‘Aya of Yop City’, retain its texture in its transformation to the screen?
The legalization of political repression in Ethiopia
In Ethiopia the façade of legalism has become an indispensable gloss on political repression.
The Fader goes to Cape Town
A short profile of the music scene in Cape Town is dominated by white shows – with a lot of electrocentric music and flashy strobe lights.
The politics of conversion in northern Nigeria
Forced conversion as a strategy exclusive is not to Islamist terrorism in northern Nigeria. Everyone’s been in on the act.
Kickin’ It With Christian Tiger School
I arrive in Braamfontein twenty minutes early, at 6pm, for a meeting with Sebastiano Zenasi (or
Wole Soyinka has opinions about social media
The novelist and Nobel Prize winner on why he avoids social media entirely, saying he doesn’t tweet, blog, or engage with what he calls today’s increasingly promiscuous digital platforms.
Heathrow Airport maps the world, and it still belongs to Britain
I was sitting in the tube recently and browsing through one of those free morning papers that
Toto’s Africa–The Disco Edition
Came across this nice little disco edit of Toto's "Africa." Since we have a running series
Afrobeat, Brazilian Style
Brazilians may have produced the first ever afrobeat.
Don’t believe the hype
South Africa’s media, already lacking any serious labor reporting, have no interest in fairly reporting the strike by mine workers.
The perfect wall to paint
The illustrators Fuzzy Slipperz and Skubalisto and the photographer Mooki Mooks on being an artist in present-day South Africa.
How much has really changed on South Africa’s wine farms?
Workers in the Western Cape’s wine district describe a place where bosses engage in a reign of force and aggression, and where workers are “afraid to die too soon.”
Why Is No One Else Talking About These Musicians?
I got the chance to be part of the Redbull Basscamp in Johannesburg during October 2013.
The Art of Peter Clarke
Peter Clarke, who passed away on April 13, 2014, was an elder statesman of South Africa’s arts community.
Jihad in Nigeria
Long before Boko Haram, talk of holy war in what became Nigeria was everywhere.
Rap Battle of the Week on Reddit: Johannesburg’s Tumi vs Atlanta’s Ness Lee
Two weeks ago, Club Zen in downtown Johannesburg got packed to its rafters with hip-hop afficionados
Nigeria’s Catch 22
American style democracy will only throw up more more leaders like Goodluck Jonathan.
Nollywood in Paris
For many white French, and including African immigrants in France, watching movies like ‘Phone Swap,’ ‘Tango with Me,’ ‘Last Flight to Abuja’ and ‘Maami,’ is an eye-opener.
Street Life in an African City: Oxford Street in Accra
The evidence of material on African cities does not inspire confidence. They are increasingly overcrowded with