The Western Journalist in Africa
The question for Western journalists is this – when it comes to Africa, why do you not tell the whole story of the humanity at work even in times of extreme violence?
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The Next President
Thierry Michell's portrait of Congolese businessman-governor-football club owner Moïse Katumbi is among a few new films at the Belgian Afrika Film Festival.
The media caricature of Hugo Chávez
A BBC interview with Julius Malema, a South African political leader and acolyte of Chavez, is exhibition 1,000,003 mainstream media framing of the late Venezuelan president.
Dirk Coetzee is Dead
The legacies of Apartheid's death squads and the South African Truth and Reconcilation Commission.
The Africa-China romance is killing Europe
A Dutch documentary film explores increasing migration and trade links between African countries, their citizens and China.
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.