Black in Israel
The film 'Red Leaves’ is a timely depiction of the Ethiopian-Israeli struggle.
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The deal with China’s new military base in Djibouti
When are African states establishing joint military bases to secure trade routes or fight off piracy instead of diversifying the source of foreign influence on their territories?
What former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré’s July trial in Senegal means for his victims
Next month former president Hissène Habré, who ruled my native Chad from June 7, 1982 to December 1, 1990, goes on trial in Senegal, in a special tribunal set up by the African Union. Habré’s reign was one of absolute terror. He created the Documentation and Security Directorate (DDS), which quickly developed into a machine […]
Hamba kahle, Raphael Tenthani
Tributes are pouring in from around the world for Raphael Tenthani, who has died in a traffic accident aged 43. Known to BBC World Service listeners for his excellent reporting from Malawi, and to all Malawians as “The Muckraker” for his fearless column in the Sunday Times, Tenthani was a scourge of corrupt political elites […]
Weekend Music Break No.74
Here is our weekend round up of audio and visuals from around the African Internet… Kicking things off, Spoek Mathambo spearheaded band Fantasma premiered their video for Cat and Mouse this week, featuring a collection of young South African ballet dancers. Alabama neo-trap poster boys Rae Sremmurd saw Fantasma’s video, and decided to head to South […]
Talking China in Africa at the PEN World Voices Festival in New York
Literary festivals are usually a disappointment. Even when a cherished writer is speaking, the chances are you’d be better off spending an hour simply reading their work rather than going along to watch in person as they try to navigate another stilted panel discussion. But sometimes a debate breaks out that is worth tuning in to.
Goodbye B.B. King. Here he is playing live in Kinshasa, then Zaire, 1974
Hamba kahle, B.B. King (1925-2015)
Vice News and the war against Boko Haram
It’s not really about Nigeria, and it’s not for Nigerians. Rather it’s a story, popular in America, about brave soldiers fighting terrorists.
The old is dying and the young ones have just been born
These young ones who have just been born do not respect authority simply because the rules say they should.
We are angels, victims of everybody
Looking inside ourselves and working on the dark hearts of our colonial crap.
Annual NGO ranking shows that the “white savior” status quo remains intact
Teju Cole wrote that a white saviour is someone who, “supports brutal policies in the morning, founds charities in the afternoon, and receives awards in the evening”. Global_Geneva recently released the third annual Top NGO ranking, and unfortunately, it’s more of the same. In 2013, I reviewed the Board profiles of the previous ranking, focusing […]
Let’s talk about Charlayne Hunter-Gault’s e-book on “Corrective Rape” in South Africa
Charlayne Hunter-Gault’s ‘Corrective Rape: Discrimination, Assault, Sexual Violence, and Murder Against South Africa’s LGBT Community’ is a rather wordy title for a mere 51 page e-book. Attempting to expand upon her original article ‘Violated Hopes’ from The New Yorker, the e-book claims to shed ‘light on the practice of corrective rape’ and examine ‘the wider social context of anti-LGBTI sentiment […]