An Afropean Journey

• Johny Pitts

Johny Pitts could not find a sense of self in his corner of black Britain, so he started to wonder if there was a collective black consciousness on the European continent.

What if you witness a revolution, but things get worse?

• Sarah El-Shaarawi

Documenting the change from hope to depression and then finding new means to cope with the fading fragrance of revolution in Egypt.

Who decides what is African?

• Ang Lloyd

The photographer Zanele Muholi equally mourns and celebrates South African queer lives.

How To Kill The Nigerian Publishing Industry

• Jeremy Weate

Nigeria's Minister of Finance imposes a 62.5% tariff on imported printed books, where previously there has been none.

Was Sherlock Holmes a racist?

• Marta Tveit

The real question is of course about the racism of Sherlock Holmes's creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

The everyday lives of African immigrants in South Africa

• Leila Dee Dougan

An alternative lens on migration stories that are often ignored in the mainstream media.

To revolutionize a culture

• Chandra Frank

The writer on Frank’s Archive, based on her father's records, that explores the different functions of books, power and knowledge.

Leather from Human Skin in 1880s Philadelphia

• Kathleen Bomani

Here's an article involving one of the leading medical schools at the time in the "birthplace of America."

The Undemocratic Alliance

• Benjamin Fogel

South Africa's second largest political party, the Democratic Alliance, exhibits the same paranoia as does the ruling party when it comes to dissent.

Lesotho’s Politics Go Pop

• Ts'eliso Monaheng

How to own history

• Johan Palme

Five films pointing to new directions for African cinema -- by some of the most exciting young filmmakers from the continent.

The Jews of Egypt

• Sarah El-Shaarawi

Highlighting one of the dark sides of Egyptian nationalism, and exposing the dangers of blanket xenophobia.