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Miguna Miguna is a Kenyan activist and lawyer.
Nkosinati Biko on a close and present relationship with his father that is unusual for children in general and for the children of activists in particular.
Short film about the rhythm of daily life in Sierra Leone, and the dancing talents of the country’s women.
Die Antwoord play the media game well. What they still do badly is “borrowing” from other people’s work.
Congolese artists Konono N°1 and Baloji collaborated by merging “traditional” sounds from Africa’s biggest country with hip hop.
The challenge of creating anti-commercial rap in Angola: a market with bling, swag and surly sisters.
Aava DuVernay leads a movement to organize African-American film festivals and secure theatrical releases for black independent films.
Dubai can actually be a city of gems that might surprise you. Like soul musician Hamdan Al-Abri, who is of Zanzibari descent.
Number 8 in our series, Paris Is a Continent, showcasing the music of the French capital, is about bragging rights and one song.
Hip hop artists from Stockholm and Helsinki team up; also repping their ancestral lands of Congo and The Gambia.
Just a sample: A “Heart of Darkness”-themed ship, Tarzan in South Africa and a travelogue on the Congo River.
We have a new @Africasacountry Twitter account. Follow us there and on Facebook too.
The talk show host started a private school for girls in South Africa. Shocker: it mostly makes things worse.