Reverse Colonization
How the economic crisis in Portugal has sent the Portuguese to the shores of former colonies in search of employment.
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The most influential African thinker
If we could ask our readers (and critics, and everyone else) to pick Africa's most insightful intellectual, who would they pick?
A Spaza Shop Job
Postapartheid South African music culture is one big cut and paste job.
The Lagos preacher and the football final
Both Africa's infamous pastors as well as our staff predicted Zambia would win the African Cup of Nations Final. We're not sure who had the closer relationship to the gods.
Dabbling in the sublime
The 2012 edition of the Berlinale includes a number of films from Africa or with African themes.
Azonto Germany
The diverse histories and orientations of African pop, the diaspora, and its international dissemination and the speed with which culture travels now.