Revisiting the “Gay Marriage Map”
Homophobia in Africa often gets discussed as a one-size-fits-all, with little room for nuance.
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Miguna Miguna
Miguna Miguna is a Kenyan activist and lawyer.
Not what the mainstream image is
If you can’t get Coldplay’s stadium rock out of your head, try these 10 (well, eleven) tunes.
Occupy Africa
Last week on Columbus Day, Sahara Reporters, the Nigeria-focused New York City-based website, sent a crew
Malawi Prison Blues
Here’s a list of writings to read for those looking for a speed-read on recent events and to understand the longue duree of how Malawi got here.
The Meme Edition
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Lone Stars Shining
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKJ-DCMBKKI It seems that the election atmosphere remains tense, but word from Liberia is people are taking
Gandhi in Somalia
A mild mannered historian and anthropologist takes over as President of an autonomous Somali republic.
The Chronic
Fresh off its Euros prize from its €100,000 prize from the Dutch Prince Claus Fund, Chimurenga launched
The Dutch Disease
The media in the Netherlands have a schizophrenic relationship with South Africa, either fixating on Afrikaners, descendants of Dutch settlers, or fabricating a history of Dutch anti-apartheid zeal.
Music Break. Sayat Demissie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk1zhZKpHFs Ethiopian pop from this past summer. Sayat Demissie is a former beauty queen. Her decision
Photography. Sam Buk
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'Developing the First World'
You couldn't miss this trailer in front of The New School's West 12th Street building in
The Sudan Report
Omar al-Bashir has a bigger problem than the ICC: Ordinary citizens, including the middle classes, taking to the streets against the effects of austerity on their lives.
Music. Ghostpoet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usksH8B07do Ghostpoet (government name: Obaro Ejimiwe) raps "in the bluesy, introspective tradition of Tricky and Roots Manuva".
Idi Amin, TV Star
This is also Found Object, Number 15 as Uganda's dictator Idi Amin Dada on his short-lived
Photography. Jean Depara
In Paris the Maison Revue Noire gallery presents a retrospective on the work of photographer Jean Depara. Born