The problem of white supremacy is not rocket science
I was losing my temper. I was sitting in the cinema in central London watching LA
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Thinking aloud with Stuart Hall
The re-emergence of racialized modes of thinking, racism and discrimination across the West, makes reading and re-reading Stuart Hall urgent.
Reclaim the City
The Tafelberg site in Sea Point, a rich suburb of Cape Town, has come to symbolize
Senegalese struggles play out on screen
The 24th edition of the New York African Film Festival put Senegal in the spotlight, featuring five short films from there.
Finding humor in Egypt’s tragedy
The rise and fall of television satire reflects the tragedy and disillusionment of the post-Morsi era.
Karel Schoeman, discovering the completed journey
The famous last paragraph of Karel Schoeman’s Another Country reads: Once, when he had just arrived
Le Pen vs. Macron: Implications for Africa
The real danger of an Emmanuel Macron victory is that, simply by virtue of not being Marine Le Pen, his policies will be treated as reasonable.
Algerian history as graphic novel
The story of Algeria's brilliant, and heroic, footballers who played for independence.
Weekend Music Break No.107 – French presidential election edition
Paris, even though I’ve never lived there, has perhaps been more important in my formation as a
The Archive of Malian Photography
Preserving the photographs of five Malian photographers - including Mamadou Cissé and Malick Sidibé - online.
The African Union is now complete, but at what cost?
There is no doubt that the AU has the potential to be an important political actor but it faces severe limitations as a continental body.
The Indian-African alliance
Little attention is given to how Indians are viewed and treated not only on the African continent, but by peoples of African descent across the world.