A Ghanaian Election
A new documentary film chronicles what happened in 2008, when only for second time, since Ghana ended military rule in 1992, that power would change hands through an election.
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'5 Networks that Matter in East Africa'
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGiLEEX5OuQ&feature=player_embedded&w=500&h=307&rel=] Rakesh Rajani, the head of Tanzanian “citizen-centered initiative”, Twaweza, on the “five key networks that
Re: Gentrified Fiction
Novelist (and New School professor) Siddhartha Deb in an interview with Jeffrey Errington for The Quarterly
Music Break
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yl5LaocojO4&w=500&h=307&rel=0] The music video for “Die Heuwels Fantasies” by South African (Afrikaans) band, Noorderlig. I am
Football Rivalries
Football fan, writer and broadcaster David Goldblatt goes in search of football rivalries in Accra, Cairo,
Africom Blues
Carl LeVan Guest Blogger An academic article I wrote in the current issue of the journal
T.I.A.* (BMX Edition)
This is Africa
Pushed to the Limit
Political economist Hein Marais’ 1998 book, “South Africa Limits to Change: The Political Economy of Transition,”
Teju Cole's 'Open City'
The writer Teju Cole (remember him from the Africa’s World Cup panel at The New School
'Dakar Now'
Photograph by Mimi Mollica; from the book “Street Photography Now” (2010) by Sophie Howarth and Stephen
Shameless Self Promotion: World Cup edition
Look out for a a special issue of African Journalism Studies on “The Fifa World Cup 2010
Unexpected Connections
When you're surprised by the links between Afro-Peruvian roots-electronic music and Kuduro-Kizomba from Angola.