Sex and the City meets Americanah
"An African City," the web series about five single women in Accra, Ghana.
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Happy Africans
Pharrell Williams's pop hit, "Happy," is infectious and feel good. But what is it all about really?
Homophobia and hatred in Cameroon
Cameroon prosecutes people for consensual same-sex conduct more aggressively than almost any country in the world.
Breaking down self-imposed borders
Ten Harlem-based artists and ten Columbia University students work together for the month-long exhibition, "Bridging Boundaries: Redefining Diaspora."
Ghanaian preachers say the darndest things
The world, via American, is getting to know about how in Ghana the lines between religion and politics, and fact and fiction are often blurred.
History in the active voice
Research and investigative journalism have begun to identify the agents of Apartheid South Africa's violent history.
When Chinua Achebe went to Scandinavia in 1988
It is striking that that the topics his hosts discussed with Achebe in those days are still animating us.
Notes from the Native Yards
Cape Town hip hop duo, Ill Skillz's music documents their musical joy-ride through the good, the bad, and the nostalgic.
An Afropean Journey
Johny Pitts could not find a sense of self in his corner of black Britain, so he started to wonder if there was a collective black consciousness on the European continent.
What if you witness a revolution, but things get worse?
Documenting the change from hope to depression and then finding new means to cope with the fading fragrance of revolution in Egypt.
Who decides what is African?
The photographer Zanele Muholi equally mourns and celebrates South African queer lives.