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Tom Devriendt
Tom Devriendt was an editorial board member of Africa is a Country before there was an editorial board.
Watch The Throne
South African Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) released his new album Motswafrika. It comes complete with its own politics.
The silence between portraits
Number 17 in our 'Found Objects': The short documentary, 'Mr. Mkhize,' by photographers Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin.
Gaddafi’s white African mercenaries
Muammar Gaddafi relied extensively on mercenaries from elsewhere in Africa to secure his rule. It is usually assumed they're black Africans. It turns out a lot of them come from South Africa. And they're white.
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.
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.