Gaddafi’s white African mercenaries
Muammar Gaddafi relied extensively on mercenaries from elsewhere in Africa to secure his rule. It is usually assumed they're black Africans. It turns out a lot of them come from South Africa. And they're white.
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'The Internationale'
The always reliable Billy Bragg live on the streets of Dublin this past weekend.
Eating Staten Island Crow
New Orleans-based historian Thomas J. Adams on Occupy Wall Street:
Political theater
Judith Stein in Dissent: Despite its apparent permanence, OWS is mostly composed of part-time participants, who
The Assault on Patriarchy in Tunisia
Women participated in all parties, and prominently so, including the party of the undecided and the party of those boycotting the election.
Independence day in Zambia
That’s today. Other than Chiluba’s shoes, Sata’s anti-China rants (he’s stopped for now), Alexandra Fuller’s books
Mr Balotelli
The estranged son of Ghanaian immigrants reared in Brescia wreaks havoc in Manchester: “Why always me?”
Photography. Nico Krijno
South African photographer whose “works deal with the tensions related to human sexuality and the relation
Revisiting the “Gay Marriage Map”
Homophobia in Africa often gets discussed as a one-size-fits-all, with little room for nuance.
Not what the mainstream image is
If you can't get Coldplay's stadium rock out of your head, try these 10 (well, eleven) tunes.
Occupy Africa
Last week on Columbus Day, Sahara Reporters, the Nigeria-focused New York City-based website, sent a crew
Malawi Prison Blues
Here's a list of writings to read for those looking for a speed-read on recent events and to understand the longue duree of how Malawi got here.