The Black Atlantis
The negative effects of tourism, globalization, and commercialization in Zanzibar.
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Israel calls them infiltrators
Meron Estefanos Meron speaks to us about her ongoing work with Eritrean refugees and migrants, many who live in Israel.
The complicated history of a famous photograph
The story of how the most famous portrait of a young Chinua Achebe was taken at his house in Enugu, Nigeria in 1959 by American photographer, Eliot Elisofon.
“Exceptional kaffirs”
The grumblings of dissatisfaction and anger among black readers over stories about deserving blacks in South Africa.
Fok Your Hood
Next time you see billboards advertising Cape Town as the “World Design Capital," know them for what they are.
Deadline Congo
Harry Belafonte and Martin Scorsese are planning a TV series on King Leopold II of Belgium's brutal rule in the Congo.
Golden Lions
A conversation with the curators of the Angolan Pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale.
Great Literature and the Screen
Film adaption of an epic novel is a fine and difficult art; one that the creators of "Half of a Yellow Sun" did not pull off.
Two responses to Mindy Budgor, “Maasai warrior princess”
Yesterday we reluctantly posted on Mindy Budgor, memoirist and professional attention-seeker who’s telling anyone who’ll listen that she’s the first female Maasai warrior. Really we wanted to hear from readers. Here are two of the responses we received: First off, @aerofloatbo writes: I am a Maasai woman (from Kenya) and we have seen these (white) […]
Artifact Art Restitution and Western “Co-operation”
How can the Nigerian government be willing to lend treasured objects to an institution tha still keeps the shameful booty from colonialism's crimes?
Futuristic Folklore
Considering James Town's weighty history, which played a huge part in shaping Ghana, it seems only right that when re-imagining a future Accra we start at the place where the city began.
The #Bullshit Files: Mindy Budgor, ‘the first female Maasai warrior’
Loads of our readers have been badgering us to blog about Mindy Budgor, a young white, middle class American from Southern California (her site comes with a health warning) who traveled to Kenya for a PR campaign for Under Armour sports clothing prior to starting an MBA degree and disguised the trip as a white […]