Ranking the Chattering Classes
The politics of lists like the "Top Thirty Think Tanks in sub-Saharan Africa."
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Cape Town is ‘the most dangerous’ city in Africa
A Mexican research group has listed the world's most dangerous cities based on homicide rates. South Africa's cities finish tops.
Africans in New York City
"Afro-Spectacle," a music and film event by DJ collective, Dutty Artz, explores the working class African immigrant experiences in the city.
Al-Andalus in East Africa
The clear signs of African influence on the Arabian Peninsula and the cultural fluidity that exists throughout the Indian Ocean.
The CIA’s Charles Taylor Revelation
Recent revelations, which have always been suspected, have strengthened the United States’ role in the Liberian
In Search of Pancho Guedes
A new film goes in search of the renowned architect and some of his work in Maputo, capital of Mozambique in southeast Africa.
Tunisian Coca Cola
Corporations have tried and succeeded in cashing in on the political revolutions known as the "Arab Spring." Tunisia is the latest victim.
Get Up, Stand Up
Tunisian born artist Amel Bennys, who works between Tunis and Paris, has just had her first
British Rapper Nate’s ‘Africa’
British rapper Nate sampling Hugh Masekela’s Stimela in his ‘Africa’ (for which he gets some help
The New South African Superstar
Zahara has become the top pop artist in South Africa in a fairly short time but
Benetton Politics
South Africa’s Democratic Alliance, usually very slick and media savvy, have really outdone themselves with a
Music Break. Elom 20ce
‘Ya Foye’ will be on Togolese Elom 20ce’s (“Elom Vince”) album Anagezik that comes out in