Isabel’s People
When Forbes, who used to celebrate the Dos Santos family, starts asking questions about the wealth of Angola's rulers.
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Täschligate
Why does Oprah Winfrey or anyone else need a $38,000 handbag and why would someone sell her that.
The discourse about a film
What are the politics of the briefly banned film "Of Good Report"?
Michael Caine on the Cape Flats
The film "Zulu" - starring Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom - are getting lukewarm reviews. Is the novel, it's based on, any good?
Not stitched together
This week's Weekend Music Break, no. 50, includes a homage to the 34 striking miners murdered by South African police in August 2012.
The image of the modern Arab man
The photographer Scarlett Coten wants to look beyond accepted stereotypes of Arab men, exposing a more diverse, and perhaps softer image.
5 New Films to Watch Out For, N°29
Nègre Blanc (“White Negro”), director Cheikh N’diaye’s new film about albinism, in which he tackles rumors, stereotypes and misconceptions through the eyes of Cameroonian storyteller Léonard de Semnjock, is one of the five films on our list this week.
What is wrong with Italian Reality TV?
The question is whether a reality TV show -- focusing on visiting Italians -- filmed in refugee camps in 3 African countries is useful.
Writing Windhoek
Literature in Windhoek takes many forms. Tucked at the intersections of Independence Avenue and Sam Nujoma Drive in the city centre, Wordweaver Publishing accomplishes perhaps its most challenging format: books. Outside the publication house’s yellow-painted bungalow-sized offices are posters advertising recent titles: Mama Namibia and This is not a Flowerpot.
Hiding in Plain View
Many believe slavery was a "black page in history." This is a false representation of history and insulting, given the legacies of slavery are so present today.
There is no liberal tradition in South Africa
Running like a blue thread through the history of South African liberalism is a readiness to defer to white prejudices that has been consistently repaid in the coin of unambiguous rejection.
The noises of Lagos
Emeka Ogboh's experimental videos and soundscapes of Lagos, Nigeria.