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Counting bodies and column inches
The Pistorius' murder trial is a good time to review how New York Times reported on another South African killing: Marikana.
Marcus Garvey’s Africa
The historian Robert Vinson explores Garvey's influence in South Africa in the 1920s and 1930s.
Conveying raw feelings about everyday activities
The Zimbabwean photographer, Nancy Mteki, picks her five favorite photographs and shares some words about how and where the images were made.
Searching for Redemption
In "Searching for Sugar Man," Rodriguez the man feels more like an awkward prop in a story of white redemption rather than the star of his own movie.
Have a Nice Trip
How does it feel to be an African asylum seeker in Europe.
Vice and Albinos in Tanzania
Vice.com's reductive and alarmist style of writing about the continent is not only outdated, but deplorable and contravenes responsible journalism.
Oil in the Angolan President’s Family
We ought to ask questions about Angola’s Sovereign Wealth Fund. But also about the history of Chevron, Exxon, and Conoco in the country.
How not to report on Kenya’s elections
Reporting ahead of Kenya’s election by the international media can basically be placed in two general categories: optimism and, of course, no surprise, pessimism.