After Mandela
Nelson Mandela would recognize himself in young protesters for whom freedom has been postponed and view South Africa’s government as an obstacle.
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Sean Henry Jacobs
Sean Henry Jacobs is the founder of Africa is a Country and Professor of International Affairs at The New School.
Rick Ross is a Country
Rick Ross has since deleted a tweet about landing “in the beautiful country of Africa.” He deserved all the scorn. He’s been to three African countries already and should know.
The new and improved Africa is a Country is here
After weeks of promising you a new design, we’re back with a brand-new and improved blog. This is a big day for us.
Africa is a Country is getting a makeover
We’re updating our design and will be back soon with a fresh new look. Stay tuned.
The BBC’s standards when it comes to South Africa
Western media’s repetitive focus on white South Africans distorts reality, ignoring data on poverty and crime disproportionately affecting black citizens, fueling a misleading, provocative narrative.
The new journalism model
VICE partners with old media, makes sponsored content, owns an ad agency, and cozies up to Murdoch—despite its edgy style and fresh take on news.
The new “Celebrity Map of Africa”
It’s not just Euro-Americans who want to save Africa. Celebrities and entertainers from Asia and Eastern Europe want in too.
Two index fingers
Our weekly update post of things we did not blog about includes a derby goal, a film about the Williams sisters and the passing of a major 20th century South African intellectual.
Yes, some Africans admire Margaret Thatcher
We were wrong. Some Africans do like Margaret Thatcher. Here’s a gallery of 10 of them.
Roger Ebert was the business
Roger Ebert revolutionized television film criticism in the United States with his engaging discussions alongside Gene Siskel. He loved African film.
Hair politics and other Weekend Specials
With this, I am bringing back Weekend Special for all those things we don’t have the time to blog about or say more than the required 140 characters on Twitter.
Margaret Thatcher is dead
Margaret Thatcher put to rest the essentialist fallacy that women are inherently more moral than men.
Friday All Jazz Break
A bonus music break focused on jazz, including a conference on South African jazz, as well as the varied sounds of Jon Batiste, Guillermo Klein, Madeline Peyroux, Secret Society, and Moonchild,
The story of a lost white boy
The story of Happy Sindane, the lost white boy, who put a lie to South Africa’s rainbow shibboleths.
Ben Affleck makes the Congo cool
In what has little to do with the DRC, Affleck, dubbed Life President of Congo, gets hailed as “Hollywood’s New Role Model” and the “new paradigm of masculinity” in the entertainment world.
New York African Film Festival 2013
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the New York African Film Festival. The Festival--from April