New Photography Book Depicts the South African Social Landscape
Between 2012 and 2013, an exercise took place known as the France South Africa Season. This
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Marjorie Ruganda
Marjorie Namara Rugunda is a writer, researcher, and PhD student at the University of British Columbia.
The Rediscovery of William Onyeabor
The continued relevance or irrelevance of a musical figure to an African audience doesn’t factor into that figure’s “rediscovery” outside the continent.
The day South African news media ate crow
How South Africa’s media report on the doings within the official parliamentary opposition, the Democratic Alliance.
Prince Blackwater of China
This is big: Blackwater has set up a new Africa-focused military contractor, partnering with one of China’s largest state-owned conglomerates.
Lagos in the Red
A short documentary film on the Lagos, Nigeria, performance artist Jelili Atiku.
Cape Town Gangster Films
If you wish to gain some insight into the turmoil of gangland Cape Town, it’s worth starting with the films of Riaan Hendricks and Dylan Valley.
The Komla Dumor I Knew
A contemporary of the late BBC journalist and newsreader remembers how their paths cross and Komla Dumor’s lasting legacy.
Eastern Highlands
This Weekend Music Break features a number of strong women performers: Nosiwe, Rina Mushonga, Alicious Theluji, and the 95 year old Tututa Evora, who just passed away.
A year of coups
In what amounts to another pointless exercise, the Washington Post repeated its 2013 map of countries most likely to have a coup. Of course, African countries are at the top of the list.
The Art of Mimi Cherono Ng’ok
After years in South Africa, Ng’ok’s work now explores her own relation to places, people and spaces of her native Nairobi.
Nelson Mandela’s environmentalism
The first African head of Greenpeace International, Kumi Naidoo, on how the world could best do justice to Mandela.
When Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie met Sweden
Sweden is a country living under the illusion of a special kind of exceptionalism, including that it is “less affected by postcolonial relations than other nations.”
Causing mischief and scaring children
We send our Tokoloshe to battle with those trying to make us forget the atrocities of Marikana.
Stories that will Remain in Darkness
The shortcomings of the film “Shado’man,” a documentary about Freetown, Sierra Leone’s handicapped ‘street boys.’
What’s in a name
What we don’t talk about when we spend time learning about Lupita Nyong’o’s family and getting her name right.
The social history of a “moral panic”
There is no evidence that Nigeria is under attack from gays and lesbians or the nation’s “culture” being eroded from within by “waves of sexual marauders.”
Born Free Films
Amazwi Wethu in Cape Town, South Africa, teaches its high student members how to advocate for themselves through film and photography.
The “Apartheid-era Robin Hood”
I wrote a long piece on Zola Mahobe, a Soweto businessman who died last December (two
How to say Lupita Nyong’o
Please do your research, stretch your tongue, and practice saying Lupita’s name. The Kenyan actress, born in Mexico, plans be around at the top for a while.
A Visitor’s Guide to India
The key question: Are you black? Worry. It is almost always your fault.