Culture
The struggle is real for local South African films
It’s no secret that what passes for South African cinema is not representative of the population.
Akin Omotoso’s Hustle
To every passing person, he calls out variations of one question: "What film are you watching? Are you watching my film?
In honor of Rose Lomathinda Chibambo
Rose Chilambo was a prominent leader in the fight against British colonialism and the first woman cabinet minister in independent Malawi.
The trials of Jelili Atiku
Atiku's street performances - biting critiques of Nigeria's ruling class - encourages participation. Which is often too much for the local ruling class.
Cutting colonists’ heads
We talk to Togolese rapper Elom 20ce who aims to bring his politics to the masses.
Rethinking space in Accra, Ghana
Ghana has a housing crisis and Accra is increasingly marginalizing those who are far from able to get a piece of the real estate pie.
From Lisbon to Lagos
It's the end of the year, so Hipsters Dont Dance made a "Top World Carnival Collabs" of 2015.
Fanon at Ninety
Frantz Fanon remains vital not only for his bracing anti-racism and anti-colonialism, but equally for the less-recognized, empathetic politics of solidarity he cultivated and exemplified.
Books of 2015
A small corrective to the tide of Big Media book lists that champion a small and predictable group of authors who together give at best a limited Eurocentric view of our world.
The corruption of hip hop in Burkina Faso
For rapper, Art Melody, hip hop is a philosophy, one that can’t be sold out for fame, money, or even politics.
Lucy Sichone–conscience of the Zambian nation
The first Zambian woman to be a Rhodes Scholar, lawyer Lucy Sichone returned home to represent people whose rights were trampled on.
Decolonising Lesotho’s Literary Landscape
Lesotho writers and creators' growing awareness that they are part of a global society and just trying to claim their place as agents in this world that they live in.
A Cartographic Narrative
Visualizing the 1760-1761 Slave Revolt in Jamaica, the greatest slave insurrection in the eighteenth century British Empire.
Hip hop is the voice of the working class
An interview with Cape Town-based anarchist hip hop collective, Soundz of the South (or SOS).