When videos of abuses by police go viral in Angola
It marks the first time that videos went truly viral in a country in which only about 5% of the population has access to the internet.
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African Football at The Shrine
Watching the African Nations Cup Final at The Shrine in Harlem.
The problems with MediaStorm’s filmmaking
MediaStorm went to Angola to make a short film about de-mining. Their techniques gave us pause.
Philosophy and dancing outside the European tradition
A couple of weeks ago Hamid Dabashi’s article “Can Non-Europeans Think?” was making the usual hype motions on
Ghanaian Hip-Hop Lyricist M.anifest Writes for Us: Laments of a Disappointed Ghana Black Stars Fan
Oh Ghana Black Stars! Again? Our time in the trophy-less wilderness just got a 3 year
The Story of a South African Farm
As of March 1 this year, the new base salary for farm workers in South Africa
Peter Beinart went to South Africa
Somebody tell Beinart support for Palestinians is not support for Muslims over Jews in the ruling party. It's for an occupied people over a repressive state.
Ronald Reagan’s Africa
Reagan is celebrated as a world statesman and champion of democracy, but this not how many outside the US experienced his time in office.
#Ghana #BlackStars is trending
The Ghana Black Stars won their Afcon 2013 group and then beat Cape Verde in the
Stephen Keshi is Pure Gold
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi's understanding of Nigeria and its football politics may be a template to how think Nigeria out of its political leadership crisis.
Canada and the cover of whiteness
Canadian immigration - while discouraging Roma from applying for refugee status - welcomes the worst of Apartheid South Africa's perpetrators.
Heroes of Afcon 2013: from DR Congo’s “bum shuffling” goalie to Ouwo Moussa Maâzou, the Nigerien striking sensation
The quarter finals are upon us, and this is where things get serious. The group stages
Channel error connection
Watching Morocco defeat South Africa in the 2013 African Cup of Nations from a Moroccan enclave in Astoria in Queens, New York.
To sanitize and trivialize a decade of mayhem
Another book argues Zimbabwe's land reform is a success. But does it adequately deal with the processes by which that “success” was achieved?
The Golden Generation of Les Éléphants
Watching the Africans Cup of Nations among expectant fans at an Ivorian restaurant in Harlem, New York.
It is as if a library burned down
Salafist fighters burn hundreds of rare manuscripts, some unique and centuries old, before leaving Timbuktu to French paratroopers.
Where were the South African media at Marikana
The myth of Marikana as self-defense by the police and the company should be conclusively consigned to the dung heap of historical perjury.
The Blue Sharks in Mandela Bay
What we learned from Day 8 of the 2013 African Cup of Nations.
Saving and scoring penalties every day
What we learned from day seven of the 2013 African Cup of Nations.
The Johannesburg Cup of Nations
The spirit of the African Cup of Nations is infectious in the streets of Johannesburg, especially in the inner city where different African nationalities coexist.