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The American Right’s problem with Kenya
How did Kenya and Kenyans get their reputations in US politics, particularly among U.S.. rightwingers, as anti-American?
‘The Worst Place To Be Gay’
Homosexuality can get you beheaded in Saudi Arabia and there are several other places with similar policies. But, Uganda’s pretty bad.
Libya’s Race Problem
Colonel Gaddafi's alleged use of "black mercenaries," has put the question of race in Libya's revolution front and center.
Dictators and Pop Stars
A number of North American pop artists have lent their star power to African dictators.
The Smiling Faces of Young Africans
When ‘culture’ looks like poverty and poverty ‘looks like culture' any questions about the structural and geopolitical causes of poverty are easily muted.