Angola’s Biennale
It is hard to find critics asking what Angolan artist Edson Chagas’s work does, the context through which it was produced, or the social conditions it draws attention to.
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After Mandela
Nelson Mandela would recognize himself in young protesters for whom freedom has been postponed and view South Africa's government as an obstacle.
Jogo Bonito
Preparations for the 2014 World Cup have served as a trigger for what may become a major political and social movement in Brazil.
Rick Ross is a Country
Rick Ross has since deleted a tweet about landing "in the beautiful country of Africa." He deserved all the scorn. He's been to three African countries already and should know.
Actual questions from a South African journalist
The long-held and widespread attitudes some South African journalists share about the struggle for liberation.
Tuleka Prah’s African Food Map
The genesis of the idea was simple and uncomplicated. I was looking for a recipe online
The left winger
A meditation on left footed footballers, especially wingers, given the conventional wisdom that lefties are always useful to have in a match.
A Senegalese Citizen
Bousso Dramé, a young Senegalese winner of a French prize tells the organizers of a prize to shove it.
Weekend Music Break, N°43
It’s been far too long since we had a music break. So without too many words,
Luanda Can Cook
In a rapidly changing city like Luanda, it is important to be able to catalogue all of its eating establishment, or at least those that our wallets and stomachs allow.
The Poo Fighters
Townships and informal settlements are not dump grounds but living breathing communities where the residents are tired of being treated like shit.
Our colonial torturers
Even after the Mau Mau case the British will never stop kidding themselves about the crimes of empire.