I’ve stopped going to Fan Fests. I’m tired, I didn’t pace myself. A month is a long time, and new arrivals seem to come every day. World Cup tourists have an endless number of substitutions. They’re always feeling fresh for the party. The knock out stages start soon. Big European teams – former American colonizers […]
E, no Brasil, Neymar não é negro (ou preto).
Day nine of our Rio correspondent's World Cup diary wonders who the tournament is for and what the protesters demand.
The rap music of Z'Africa Brasil -- composed of rappers Gaspar and Funk Biu, DJ Tano and producer Pitchô.
An interview with hip hop scholar, Adam Haupt, about hip hop pioneers P.O.C., the viral rappers Die Antwoord and the state of contemporary South African hip-hop.
Halfway through my visit to the International Exhibition of this year’s ambitious edition of Dak’art: the 11th Biennale of Contemporary African Art, a tray of fragrant Thieboudienne, the classic Senegalese dish, was brought out into the courtyard of the Village de la Biennale, located in former television studios on the busy Route de Rufisque in […]
Americans need recognize if they want to do good in Africa they need to partner with Africans or work in the US on policies that impact negatively Africans.
The fate of World Cup draws has fostered an unlikely rivalry between Ghana and the United States.
An American graduate student consciously attempts to preempt some of the problematic and ignorant queries from relatives back home.
Dak'Art is the only art contemporary biennale of its scope with a mandate to include all artists of African descent.
Why did Neymar - the one time he was asked about discrimination - respond: “Never. Neither inside nor outside the field. Because I’m not black right?”
Scenario planning is something of a cottage industry in South Africa and was particularly popular during the negotiations for democracy in the early 1990s. Careers were launched on the back of this industry, and speakers known for gazing into the crystal ball back then still pack halls with (white) middle class people worried about their […]