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Joyce Banda has bigger problems than Madonna
After years of being frozen out by Bingu wa Mutharika’s administration, President Joyce Banda has restored the IMF to the top table of Malawian policy-making and pushed through a sweeping reforms at their behest.

The new journalism model
VICE partners with old media, makes sponsored content, owns an ad agency, and cozies up to Murdoch — despite its edgy style and fresh take on news.

How to text someone you love
An interview with the American-Nigerian-Jamaican artist Temitayo Ogunbiyi.

Where the thing in her head translated well
An interview with the filmmaker Dehanza Rogers, about the film "Sweet, Sweet Country," a fictional film capturing the harsh personal choices of Africans in Clarkson, a town in Georgia known for its large immigrant population.

The new “Celebrity Map of Africa”
It's not just Euro-Americans who want to save Africa. Celebrities and entertainers from Asia and Eastern Europe want in too.

Right in front of your eyes
Claudio Silva emailed fellow Angolan, photographer Rui Sérgio Afonso, to tell us about his favorite images.

Two index fingers
Our weekly update post of things we did not blog about includes a derby goal, a film about the Williams sisters and the passing of a major 20th century South African intellectual.

RIP Bi Kidude, Empress of East Africa
Bi Kidude, who died on April 17, 2013, was probably Tanzania's foremost singer and performer of Taarab music.

Big Brother Goodluck Jonathan
Nigeria's ruling class, when faced with criticism, always go for censorship, to silence their critics.

The New Chimurenga
The most creative, incisive political arts and literary publication produced on the African continent, or anywhere for that matter.