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Keep Africa Alive
Should our contributor Sonja Sugira, usually a harsh critic of humanitarianism, cut Bono's RED campaign some slack?
The Missionary Position
The New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof who has made Africa his beat, lectures poor Congolese about their leisure time.
Bono Gets Something Right
Has Bono made what is the best TV (you can also watch it on Youtube) commercial in the history of the World Cup?
Renunciation and redemption
The deadly serious games of J M Coetzee's novel about the transition from apartheid to democracy in South Africa, 'Disgrace.'
Make the Circle Bigger
Is this playful ode to coloured identity in South Africa the unofficial 2010 World Cup anthem for the locals?
Mandela’s Children
Alexandra Fuller highlights the deeply ingrained sociological, economic, and political problems that still persist in South Africa as a result of apartheid.
Flavor of the Month
The UK Observer, despite its best attempts, does not have its finger on the pulse of the South African literary scene. The World Cup didn't help.
African Hospitality
The artist Andrew Putter make use of the past to construct images of how we might live together in the future.
Africa, Now With Internet
Does it sometimes seem like all technology and internet-related projects in and on Africa have to serve some grand purpose?