The Emperor Needs New Clothes
Equatorial Guinea's longtime head of state, Teodoro Obiang, wants to buy legitimacy internationally. Will he succeed?
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Sean Henry Jacobs
Sean Henry Jacobs is the founder of Africa Is a Country. He currently edits the Eleven Named People newsletter.
Law and Disorder
"Law and Order," opened its 13th season with a very transparent plot based on the Dominique Strauss Kahn rape case. It is not very good.
Muslim American Slave
Islam first came to North America with slavery, yet no major studio film has centered on the life of a Muslim American slave. Ibn Said's remarkable life could be a start.
Outsourcing Protest
You fill out a form on a Dutch NGO's website and it "gets a bunch of Africans to protest for you." It is not a joke.
Karl Marx Was Right
The mainstream is waking to the prescience of the old man's ideas.
National Pride
Cote d'Ivoire is Africa's best team at the moment. FIFA says so. Egypt, the current African champions, are second.
Hugh Masekela’s Football Skills
There's no record that Hugh Masekela could play football. But he acted like he could kick a ball in a music video.
Tupac Shakur in Africa
Tupac Shakur's intensity did not just appeal to just young people in the United States, but also on the continent.
