Mixed feelings: Reflections on the Ivy League
An illusion of diversity and inclusion masks and protects institutionalized inequality and privilege masks elite universities in the United States.
Culture
Soundcloud Africa
Africa is a Country hosted Chimurenga's pop up Pan-African Space Station transmission. It's archived here.
Rearranging the furniture in Stellenbosch
The vigorous disruption by social movements and artists of the thuggish racialized mythmaking that dominates Stellenbosch’s cultural memory.
Abdi Latif Ega and the rejection of the ‘African’ novel
Somali-American novelist Ega speaks about creating complex characters, the relationship of images to creative writing and the state of African literature today.
Music pours down in Lima
The music of Peru's capital: from the cumbia chicha bands of the local huekos, the punk-rock revival, electrocumbia sounds, and much more.
Love, race and history in Ghana
Historian Carina Ray on her book that explores the history of interracial intimacy in the Gold Coast and Ghana.
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.
