The politics of translation
The film, “Veejays,” comes across as an earnest attempt to learn about the ways people are remixing dominant culture industries to make their own.
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Paul Milchick
Paul Milchik is a pseudonym for the author of this piece. His name has been changed due to his status as an international student in the US during the second Trump administration, in a context where foreign students have been targeted for detention and deportation as a result of expressing pro-Palestinian views.
McDonald’s Baobab Tree
The use of black and African pride by Western fast food chains to appeal to African-Americans in the United States.
The struggle of the Sahrawi people
Several years ago, I visited Casablanca in Morocco for a few days. What I remember most
Weekend Music Break, N°22
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QtmTYDnJ7A I'm taking cues from Africa is a Country's contributors this week. First up, Boima dropped
When China Met Africa
An exploration of China’s presence in Zambia, including suspicion, tensions and possibilities for collaboration.
When Italian politicians threaten to move to Africa
Africa is really attractive in different ways to many former Italian politicians, it seems.
Film Africa (1): ‘The Beautiful Game’
This documentary film about football in Africa is actually not that terrible once you get past the
There’s an African film festival in Scotland
Africa in Motion, Scotland's African Film Festival, kicks off in Edinburgh and Glasgow today. Here's a
Is Mads Brügger a journalist?
The Danish filmmaker believes his work contains qualities missing from most conventional journalism. Especially journalism dealing with Africa
My favorite photographs N°9: Halida Boughriet
On show at the Islamic Cultures Institute in Paris until January, 50 Years of Reflection, is
The Kenyan Finns
What would happen if you made a film about a key figure in Finnish history and cast Kenyan actors in the lead roles?
Moroccan Rockstars
The artist Hassan Hajjaj frames his portraits of ordinary Moroccans with a neat shelf crammed with 7 Up and Coca-Cola cans, symbols of a burgeoning import market and aspiration.
Jakes Gerwel and “the intellectual home of the left”
The fate of the University of the Western Cape, set up for coloureds, radicalized by black consciousness and from where the ANC prepared to govern.
German amnesia and Herero women
For Namibians fighting Germany over reparations, It’s about more than about a bit of land or perhaps some goats. It’s about time that debt was paid — with interest.
Running with white people
South Africans have chosen ignorance. We have decided to not know what’s on the other side of the road. To be safe in our enclaves, and only venture out to edify our prejudices or prop up credentials.
President of France, King of Africa?
Francois Hollande want French-African relations to be transparent. Is this a new African policy or the old FrançAfrique?
What joy sounds like in German
Bonus music break: Abdullah Ibrahim, John Tchicai, Gato Barbieri, Barre Phillips and Makaya Ntshoko performing live on German public television in 1968.
Kenya’s #purplezebra Spring
Political springs, as in social movements that topple and/or transform political regimes, occur when the youth
There are more cell phones in Africa than India
For Canada’s Conservative Party government Africa has moved from disaster and aid to opportunity. An actual Canadian government said the above.
10 African films to watch out for, N°7
I was surprised to find very few films by African directors in this year's programme of