The shoulders that carried Ebola’s weight
Making sure we give credit where it’s due to those on the frontline during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Politics
Havana and Washington: On African Time?
Was it ever in doubt that the first African American president of the United States would wish to crown his legacy by normalizing relations with the most African island in the Americas?
Race, class and domestic work in Latin America
The author on how she developed consciousness about the centrality of domestic work in her native Colombia and further afield
Some observations on race and security in South Africa
The writer, an anthropologist, gets a quick lesson on race and crime on a visit to South Africa.
Steven George Gerrard: A Man Apart
The remarkable thing about Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard’s reserve is that it never prevents him from protecting those whom he leads.
Dutch elites and blackface
Most elites in the Netherlands are no different than racists when it comes to defending #ZwartePiet.
Who is Dulcie September?
The author stars as the famed South African activist in a new play. Dulcie September was murdered by a conspiracy of South African and French death squads.
5 Questions for a Filmmaker: Philippe Lacôte
The Ivorian filmmaker wished he had made Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams, based on the filmmaker’s own dreams, when the fantastical infiltrates the real.
Explaining Racism to a White South African Liberal
Highlighting spectacular incidents of racial violence is that they overshadow the daily, unrecorded anti-black racist acts.
The Fate of la Francophonie
Do we still need an organization of France's former colonies? Whose interests does it actually serve?
The Gambia Gambit
There is a long-standing Norwegian tradition of externalizing racism, so that anti-black racism is always and inevitably located elsewhere.
Angola’s Flash Mobs
Should the tipping point against the MPLA - in power since independence - arrive in Angola, there are some activists ready to hit the ground, running.
Remembering Mandela and Other Weekend Specials
Weekend Special is all that stuff we wanted to, but did not get around to writing about or just shared on social media.
Racial Degeneracy and Cowardice
The failure of Americans to have a concerted conversation on racism is not surprising. Too much is at stake for too many people, interests and institutions.