The hands played by themselves
Basil Breakey's photographs serves as an important recording of South Africa jazz music in the 1960s and 1970s.
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The Sonic Geography of Cartagena
The strong local identity of Colombia's most African big city is slowly being erased. But not all its artists, especially musicians, are giving up without a fight.
A Short History of the Slave Trade in Nigeria
A public service as a response to Nigeria's removal of history from its school curriculum
More than blankets, mountains and horse rides
The film "Forgotten Kingdom" has become one of the most powerful representations of Lesotho. Does it get it right?
Belonging—Why South Africans Refuse to let Africa in
Most South Africans have at least one thing in common: their hatred of other Africans coming from the rest of the continent.
The Slave Ship Theme
The Cape Town company that designs and markets "slave ship" ironing boards and aprons.
The last space of cultural dynamism in Luanda’s baixa is no more
Angolans protest as the state threatens to tear down an historic building.
Films to fall asleep to
Are development agencies derailing the film industry in Tanzania?
The African Cake
Last week a bunch of smartly dressed activists, myself included, made a visit to the UK’s
Chris Hani’s political legacy
Chris Hani should not be made into an ideal type or used to settle political scores in the present.
Where were you when Chris Hani was killed?
Chris Hani, a prominent ANC and Communist Party leader, was murdered on April 10, 1993, by white racists. The writer remembers hearing the news.
The Edutainment Industrial-Complex
The ONE organization (it counts one of Warren Buffett’s sons as well as Bono, Sheryl Sandberg, Condoleezza