You Want Another Rap, Uganda?
You can’t separate Drake from Toronto or Heems from Queens. So Young Cardomom and HAB rap like they are from Kampala.
Culture
Archiving black South African LGBTQI
Muholi on inspirations: "Audre Lorde will always be my favorite because she informed a lot of us, gave us a new way of thinking."
A locally-driven vision of African identity and space
Using Instagram, photographer Fati Abubakar wants to take us beyond Boko Haram in Nigeria's Borno State.
Where is “America”?
Before Columbus’ arrival, there were already millions of people living in America, who we could say had “discovered it."
Weekend Music Break No.86 – The WOMEX (2015) Edition
The 15th edition of WOMEX, Europe’s premiere World Music trade show is happening next week in
Cowries and Rice
The global impact of the exchanges and experiences between China and Africa.
The stories of Ghana’s young filmmakers
Heritage inspires content and art conjures thought. With this ethos guiding us, Rebecca Oheneasah Hesse and I launched
Bigger and bigger
Every month, Hipsters Don't Dance send us their "Top World Carnival Tunes." This is September 2015's chart.
Rewriting the Black Mediterranean
Igiaba Scego is one of the most prominent voices of a new cohort of Black writers in Italy.
Memory, between nostalgia and archive
The relevance of Mauritius in the flows and exchanges between global superpowers, especially Britain and the United States.
The technological circuits of the African diaspora
Given this history of Black dispersal and displacement, what might a liberatory mobility look like?
Weekend Music Break No.85 – The Dance Edition!
The weekend is here so let’s take a break to enjoy some music… and dance! This
The Memory Box
The digitization of oral histories of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and its aftermath.
Morocco’s ‘African’ identity
It will be Moroccans overseas that will give Gnawa music and culture an extra push towards the center of Morocco’s cultural identity.
A reflection from being on the inside of the South African badvertising industry
One of the things you must accept when you work in the advertising industry is that
The holy fire that burns in the home
An interview with Richard Pakleppa, director of 'Paths To Freedom', a film on Namibian liberation.
Open Stellenbosch aims to move its fight beyond campus boundaries
Over the last few months students in South Africa have called for the decolonisation of institutions
Ride with Malitia Malimob
Rapper Chino’o talks about everything from immigration to police brutality in the U.S., and the future of Somalia.
Weekend Music Break No.84
Whether you’re watching a game, having a drink with friends, or even getting some work in,
The tale of a state in limbo
Borderlines (2015) is Michela Wrong’s debut novel. Taking the perspective of a British narrator named Paula, it