Memory, between nostalgia and archive
The relevance of Mauritius in the flows and exchanges between global superpowers, especially Britain and the United States.
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The technological circuits of the African diaspora
Given this history of Black dispersal and displacement, what might a liberatory mobility look like?
Weekend Music Break No.85 – The Dance Edition!
The weekend is here so let’s take a break to enjoy some music… and dance! This week’s edition is a collection of dance videos, official clips, fan made and otherwise. Enjoy a glimpse at the myriad of moves hitting dance-floors and streets across the world! We start off in the UK with a impressively growing Afro-House […]
The Memory Box
The digitization of oral histories of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and its aftermath.
Morocco’s ‘African’ identity
It will be Moroccans overseas that will give Gnawa music and culture an extra push towards the center of Morocco’s cultural identity.
A reflection from being on the inside of the South African badvertising industry
One of the things you must accept when you work in the advertising industry is that it is made up of people who don’t care much about anything (except retaining clients). You, the reader, the listener, the audience are the least of advertising’s concerns. Ironically, you are also its raison d’ etre. This schizophrenia is […]
George Houser: US ally of African liberation struggles
An ally of a who’s who of revolutionaries like Patrice Lumumba, Amilcar Cabral, Oliver Tambo, and Kenneth Kaunda.
The holy fire that burns in the home
An interview with Richard Pakleppa, director of 'Paths To Freedom', a film on Namibian liberation.
Open Stellenbosch aims to move its fight beyond campus boundaries
Over the last few months students in South Africa have called for the decolonisation of institutions of higher learning. While much of the focus has been on the experiences of students on campuses, there have also been attempts to articulate how the failures of transformation at universities can be linked to broader struggles against social […]
Ride with Malitia Malimob
Rapper Chino’o talks about everything from immigration to police brutality in the U.S., and the future of Somalia.
Colombia, the peace process and a historic handshake
This transition from conflict to post-conflict represents a different approach to solve the underlying causes that gave raise to Colombia's violence.
The World Bank has a terrible memory
Writing from afar plus writing with sun glasses that are heavily tainted with ideology is dangerous.