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Miguna Miguna
Miguna Miguna is a Kenyan activist and lawyer.


Boima’s Rio World Cup Diary: Protests and Fan Fests (Day 2)

Save The Children tries models and sex appeal
The real problem with the low appeal of “sustainability” and other dry development talk: they’re vague, impersonal and detached. Not lack of dancing models.

The Recalibration of Tribalism
Do White South Africans constitute a tribe and if so, are they guilty of tribalism?

Boima’s Rio World Cup Diary: A tale of two copas (Day 1)

The Brilliance of Children, The Duty of Citizens
Part 4 in a series of four posts by Ed Pavlic to commemorate what would have been James Baldwin’s 90th year.

Narendra Modi’s ‘Africa’ policy
Under Modi, Africa will not just be a continent where India expands its economic footprint, but also builds, protects and projects its power.

Making Something More Racist
Responding to criticism of a Dutch blackface Christmas character, supporters come up with a dumb plan.

An African team in the World Cup semi-finals?
African champions, Nigeria, go into the 2014 World Cup with the best chance of making a big impression.

Africa Is a Country Radio: Episode #3

Africans in South Asia
The long histories of Africans in South Asia, including the case of Africans arriving as slaves in India and whose descendants are still in India and Pakistan.

Narendra Modi’s New India
For the first time in 25 years, India will be governed by a single party with no real opposition.

Are ‘mixed-race’ kids a new thing in the Netherlands?
The hype around ‘mixed race’ families ignore that it is not a new phenomenon, but been a central part of Dutch colonial history.

The State Of African Hip Hop
Hip-hop in Africa is diverse—no single sound defines it. Electro-chaabi, mbalax-influenced rap, and house-sampling styles all reflect the continent’s broad musical scope.

Review: The Square by Jehane Noujaim

A brief history of Nigeria’s Super Eagles
There are no records of when the first official football match was played in Nigeria, but it started in the 1920s.