The New Black Atlantic
What does it mean when a Tanzanian rapper joins a cypher on BET, the US entertainment TV channel on its biggest night - during prime time - and rhymes in Swahili.
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The society of elegant people
What is it about Congolese men who dress up in tropical weather like they're on a catwalk in Paris sometime in late Fall?
Family ties
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting news piece on the growing migration by Portuguese workers to Angola.
That’s Not Rugby
Don't expect "Invictus" to break from the "rainbow nation" narrative despite that symbolism's sell buy date having long expired.
All black people look the same
A TV news anchor confuses Jesse Jackson with Al Sharpton. Then blames the teleprompter. This is journalism.
The Radio Kalahari Orkes
The curious appeal of a band of celebrity Afrikaner musicians engaging with a quite easily defined past and present.
No good African leaders
Mo Ibrahim can't find a suitable candidate for the good governance award he hands out to the best former African leader once a year.
Botswana Blues
Botswana's been governed by the same party since independence in 1966. There's no crisis of democracy in Botswana.
Race bingo and dancehall
A busy week means a lot of stuff gets the speed blog treatment. Among others, the African country that gets the worst treatment in US media.
A ranking by any other name
This story of Harvard political scientist, Robert Rotberg, and Sudanese billionaire, Mo Ibrahim, falling out, is quite something.
What we know about Australia
The popular Australian show, "Hey Hey It's Saturday Night!," on Channel 9, thought it would be okay to revive blackface.
South Africa is far from Jamaica
For someone who knows music, not sure why Ghostface Killah thought Vampire Weekend is riding a Jamaican riddim in the very popular song, 'Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa.'