When the M23 militia took control of Goma, the capital of North Kivu in Eastern Congo, in late 2012, the premises of Yole Africa were quickly occupied by a large crowd of youngsters. Some of them were looking for refuge after their homes had been bombed; some others were there to make sure that the […]
The National Arts Festival, that celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2014, is the second biggest arts festivals in the world.
The 'Baba Jukwa' Facebook page exposes state and ruling party corruption and correctly predicts leadership battles in Zimbabwe. Who is behind it?
When it comes to Israel and Palestine, for Americans, it doesn’t matter if the careful phrases contradict the most basic facts.
On the morning of 28th October 2013 – a Monday – South Africa woke up to news that rapper Khuli Chana’s vehicle had been shot at by the police after they mistook it for that of a kidnapper on the run. The incident occurred at a filling station in Midrand on Khuli’s way to a […]
My first introduction to Comrade Nadine was through her writing during my student activist days in the mid-1970s and later when I was serving five years on Robben Island as a political prisoner from 1979 to 1984. Her writing struck me so powerfully as it spoke of the lived experiences of people like me fighting […]
Cape Town’s self-proclaimed two dope boyz Uno and Jimmy Flexx are Ill Skillz. At the end of 2013 they released Notes from the Native Yard (NFTNY), a collection of songs steeped in the tradition of great storytellers with its lucid detail and raw emotion, and driven by stellar production from beat-gods Hipe and J-One, among […]
Nigeria is a serial offender at so many things, and the shenanigans in Nigerian football is consistent with its bad behavior.
The struggle over the price of bread in South Africa is the struggle for adequate nourishment, and securing the right of the poor to flourish.
A common thread that runs through many bad commercials, is that the people who thought them up were incredibly lazy and uncreative.
UPDATED: So there you have it. After 120 minutes and a great goal by Mario Goetze (whose name will now be part of German lore like Gert Muller and Andreas Brehme), Germany are World champions. It’s been a magical month. But it is also basically the last time (till the next World Cup in four years) […]
Art, Politics, T-Shirts, Fútbol, Play: Africa is a Country joins forces with Los Angeles artists for a t-shirt project.