Which Art History in Africa?
As an art writer working in Africa, I have no available model to craft an entire practice of writing books on contemporary art in Uganda.
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The wounded buffalo
President Filipe Nyusi's government will be more remembered for preventing protests by an increasingly disenfranchised Mozambican public.
White settler states and secret police forces
How whites in South Africa, Rhodesia, Angola, and Mozambique acted in unison to thwart independence.
Eu Sou Cistac
What the murder of a well known constitutional lawyer and professor means for Mozambique.
Digitizing Ferguson
On March 4th, the Justice Department released an 86-page report of its investigation of the Ferguson
#WhiteHistoryMonth: Dr. Pierre Messmer, France’s Dirty War General
In the late nineteen-fifties, a brutal but secret war unfolded between French colonial authorities and the
The heart of whiteness, South African edition
We don't think Njabulo Ndebele minds that we liberally cutting and pasting from a speech he gave back in 2000, about whiteness in South Africa.
Is This the Maturation of Politics in Lesotho?
Development, broadly defined, has dominated Lesotho’s political discourse throughout its nearly 50 years of independence. This
In the Name of Africa
For the first time in history, a former head of an African state, Hissene Habre of Chad, will stand trial in Africa, before an internationalized tribunal. In Senegal.
Dope Saint Jude messes with Cape Town’s head
Rap artist, Dope Saint Jude, is a nightmare for anyone stuck in the gender/race void of simplified constructions of identity.
Obroni, a History
Most Ghanaians think "obroni" means "white person" or "foreigner", but it stems from the Akan phrase "abro nipa" meaning "wicked person."
Summertime Vibes
Hipsters Don't Dance "Top World Carnival Tunes" for February 2015.