The meaning of February 11, 1990
A veteran anti-apartheid figure writes about the day Nelson Mandela--after 27 years--was released from prison.
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Music Break. King Mensah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENNr_Mw2hNs Some mellow Togolese sounds and a sunny video.
Surfer dude
Surfing as leisure and a sport has historically been associated with whites in South Africa, though
Tech Apartheid
Our tech posts never stray from tweeting new data on Twitter and Facebook usage on the
50 Cent goes to Somalia
So rapper 50 Cent (accompanied by American journalists) was in Somalia and Kenya this week to
The Copper Bullets
Zambia is on course to be Southern African nation since Bafana Bafana in 1996 to win the African Cup of Nations.
One shot project
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8DqXwojm68 This is Hache. Oh, and the DJ. And that’s your music break.
Africa’s first 21st century global pop star?
Nigerian D'Banj draws big crowds on the continent and regularly plays the diaspora circuit in cities like London. Next, pop stardom.
What’s wrong with abortion
The war on women’s health in the United States is a war without borders. It also extends to attempts in Africa to legalize abortion. And the US Republican party and its auxiliaries are in front.
In Praise of Mohamed Aboutrika
Aboutrika is the ‘superman’ of Egypt’s football, probably the best African to never play professionally in Europe and a political leader.
Y’En A Marre’s political hip-hop anthems
8 of 13 Senegalese opposition candidates trying to unseat Abdoulaye Wade in the upcoming presidential elections
Nollywood and Hollywood
A Nollywood director has reached the dizzying heights of Hollywood, and all the famous names that come with it. What can happen?