Issa Rae: Internet Celebrity
Whether there will be an "Awkward Black Girl" movie or not, Issa Rae has impacted black television without ever being on television.
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Toronto’s Afrofuture
Toronto lends itself to sci-fi imaginings, so it’s not surprising that for some it could be a capital of Afrofuturism.
Azonto soca in your area
It’s Carnival time again! Besides being one of my favorite annual excuses to party (although I
Nigerians in Space
In Deji Olukotun’s novel, a Nigerian NASA scientist -- on behalf of all colonized people -- wants to return moon rocks that Neil Armstrong brought back to earth.
The other news from Uganda this week
Here’s the `other’ news from Uganda this week. Dateline: Kampala: “Police have warned the public against
Bloomberg’s welfare addiction
Bloomberg Africa evokes Ronald Reagan's "welfare queen" stereotype for poor South Africans.
Know your Dutch history
It is important that the Netherlands' history of slavery gets anchored in Dutch history curriculums in the same way that the Second World War is.
The Congolization Movement
Creating spaces where artists related to the Congolese diaspora can freely tell their side of the story.
“Congo Dialogues.” Alice Seeley Harris and Sammy Baloji on exhibit in London
The London gallery Autograph ABP is currently exhibiting Alice Seeley Harris’ well-known 1904 Congo Reform Association
Debate: The future of the workers’ movement in South Africa
In May this year, South Africa will host its 5th general election since the advent of
The vulgarity of homophobic thinking
The writer, Chimamanda Adichie, lines up the homophobic arguments against rights for gay people and knocks them down one by one.
New Documentaries To Look Out For at the Luxor African Film Festival
The third edition of the Egyptian Luxor African Film Festival again has a wide-ranging programme scheduled