Edition: Dakar
In June of 2014, My Africa Is decided to dive into Dakar, Senegal, a rarely talked
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Get Well Soon, Ashoka
Today the American network NBC announced publicly that friend (and contributor) of Africa is a Country, Ashoka Mukpo, is
5 Questions for Filmmaker: Lodi Matsetela
As a filmmaker, Matsetela wants to be an alternative voice, in a topography that’s filled with stories by others, like Django Unchained, defining black people.
Practicing, Not Preaching
“The metaphysical properties of hip-hop, the metaphors, helped me imagine a better world."
Brett Bailey, The Barbican and Black Britons
If "Exhibit B" truly offered the profound critique of slavery and colonialism its creators claimed, why the outrage? Why object to confronting silenced, gazing human “tableaux”?
What’s the matter with … Tim Noakes
This July it was announced that Tim Noakes,who rose to prominence as a respected sports scientist
The Upright Citizens of Burkina Faso
Burkinabe want to sweep out bad governance, political patronage, poverty, lack of respect for human rights and freedom of speech.
Transgender in Botswana
For a number of reasons, the LGBTQ community in Botswana experiences less severe social and institutional backlash than elsewhere in Africa.
The Fingo Revolution
How an an annual, independently-run series of events founded in 2011 in the Eastern Cape have propelled the genre in that South African province.
T.O. Molefe on South Africa’s “War on Women”
The essayist T.O. Molefe (he is a contributor here too) has a new op-ed column up at
Can an algorithm be racist?
Google translators limitations make for sometimes funny, sometimes dangerous results.
It’s just like Africa!
What if the author, a Dutch blogger, had the chance to edit an "Africa"-edition of a prominent European magazine.