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Law and Order
The United States' star mercenary, Erik Prince of Blackwater, protects Chinese investment around the African continent.
Gaborone is not a bore
It might not be Dakar or Nairobi, but Gaborone certainly does not look empty.
The Joyce Banda Malawians know
It is becoming apparent that Malawian presidents have one image for the world and a separate one, mostly negative, for the people who actually voted them into power.
Cape Town needs a visit from Anthony Bourdain
Foodyism and obscure ‘ethnic’ food are trendy these days. So, it is odd that South Africa hasn’t received more attention.
Film as Allegory
The thirteenth regular list of new films with African themes; it includes a number of films made exclusively for online consumption.
Why does South African history continue to be written primarily by white scholars?
The striking minority of black contributors in South African historiography is a scandal more than a decade after the end of apartheid.
My favorite photographs: Candace Feit
Feit, an American photographer, makes portraits or takes pictures of things she finds interesting and that aren't really applicable to an assignment she's on.
The danger of Africans becoming more “like us”
Discussions of the "shifting disease burden" fail to recognize that in the West diabetes or heart disease are not “diseases of affluence,” but diseases of poverty.