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Miguna Miguna
Miguna Miguna is a Kenyan activist and lawyer.
'For the Africans in the Diaspora'

Ivorians in Liberia

Soccer Soap Opera
Who are the Kenyans who needed a soap opera as an impetus to change their attitudes about political violence and why did they need it?

Animal Farm

The ANC Goes Pop
Political parties in South Africa have a new challenge during elections: commissioning a pop ditty people can dance to while political candidates make empty promises from stages.

The Representation of Ghana
Could “Sakawa,” a form of internet scamming popular in Ghana, be a means by which to make to sense of contemporary life there?

The Whites-Only French
France today is struggling with race because — unlike its former colonies — it never actually went through its own process of decolonization.
Music Break
Prince Amukamara of New York
Shabazz Palaces and Kahlil Joseph
Music Break

Mahmood Mamdani on Uganda
The umpteenth stand-off between Uganda’s government and the “Walk to Work” protests by opposition forces.

Jamming for Sanitation
In some of Cape Town’s black townships, residents have to stand in line to use one of the portable chemical toilets made available to them.
Media Criticism

This is Freedom
The new reality show “Clifton Shores,” promises Americans “fun” views of life in Cape Town. Without trying it probably will expose the ugly reality of racism and inequality in the city.