Anton Kannemeyer’s Africa
How meanings, symbolism, and narratives of “other” places and products shift when contextualized within and against South Africa.
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Parachute Journalism
Blind clichés, projections and stereotypes masquerading as analysis in Foreign Policy by Karen Leigh, Time Magazine’s correspondent for West Africa.
Music Break. Rattex
Long after midnight, once the tourists and the party-goers have left Cape Town’s Long Street, the
TV Heads
‘Kichwateli’ (‘TV head’ < Swahili) is one of the many chapters in the BLNRB project. Contributors
Angolan Independence
On Friday, November 10, 2011, Angola marked its 36th Independence Day since the proclamation of independence, November
Ingerland, Ingerland, Ingerland
Late last month the English goalkeeper David James wrote in The Observer that he was surprised
Demba Ba
Demba Ba has a habit of falling to his knees post-goal and praying.
"You're a South African, what's your story?"
New Zealand is often sold to prospective (mostly white) South African immigrants as “South Africa 30
How Europe is Evolving Toward Africa
No, this is not about the anxieties of Niall Ferguson. Anthropologist John Comaroff spoke at The
Music Break. Fatima Al Qadiri
Senegal-born, Kuwait-raised musician and artist Fatima Al Qadiri just premiered her new EP, “Genre-Specific Xperience,” in
Mapo do mundo
Remember the Mapping Stereotypes Project and the Afrographique project? (The former maps popular national stereotypes from
Watch The Throne
South African Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) released his new album Motswafrika. It comes complete with its own politics.