Why I left the most beautiful place on earth
The appeal of living off the grid, in a small, hippy bubble on the tip of Africa is what drew the author to Scarborough in Cape Town but the reality - especially the casual racism - drives him away.
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The Congolese Burden
'Beauté Congo' wonderfully represents Congolese contemporary art, yet fails to completely evade European colonial baggage.
الاجئين يحتاجون الحرية لا المساعدات
كأحد الناشطين في مجال حقوق الاجئين وكمهاجر عايشت كل الظروف التي يمر بها الاجئين القادمين الي أوربا، تدور دوما في ذهني أسئلة عاصفة لا تهدا احاول هنا ان أشارككم إياها هل فعلا نجد في ألمانيا في ارض الواقع تلك الشعارات التي يرددها الاعلام هذه الأيام وخاصة المستشارة الألمانية. إنجيلا ميركل حين صرحت ( لقد حققنا […]
Refugees need freedom, not handouts
As immigrants, refugees and citizens, we must fight together to stop the rampant racism created and sustained by the government and their policies of forced isolation.
Brazil’s Cold Welcome
How accusations that a visiting African-American professor was denied entry to a high end hotel, present an opportunity to address racism in Brazil.
We watch movies (and trailers) for you
This is the first edition of a new weekly series of posts/listicles we’ll be doing to keep you up to speed with the world of African cinema/TV/online video content. We’ll be sharing news, trailers and complete short films. Welcome to our movie night. 1. Remember director Ava DuVarney’s distribution and exhibition network ARFFM? It’s now an […]
The emperor gets a new wardrobe
African political elites will continue to use the spoils of "development" and aid to serve their personal interests.
Fueling rightwing populism
Xenophobia after the #ParisAttacks isn’t limited to boneheads like Rupert Murdoch.
Waiting to be local
The writer, in graduate school in Britain, writes about the various roadblocks in the way of Africans, in his case Ugandans, to travel to Europe.
Bedtime reading for George Clooney
How can international advocacy movements be self-reflective and accountable to the people on whose behalf they speak?
The “refugees welcome” culture
For all the good press, the majority of German society are uncomfortable with people who frame their demands from a postcolonial perspective.
Asking for a friend
The big questions that animated our friend this week: Facebook, thanks for the ‘Paris Safety Check.’ Can we have one for Baghdad, Beirut and Borno too? Why is a public execution with a sword worse than an indiscriminate drone attack? Why weren’t the recent suicide attacks in Baghdad and Beirut and Borno also an attack […]