Ronald Reagan’s Africa
Reagan is celebrated as a world statesman and champion of democracy, but this not how many outside the US experienced his time in office.
Politics
#Ghana #BlackStars is trending
The Ghana Black Stars won their Afcon 2013 group and then beat Cape Verde in the quarterfinals Sunday to make it through to a semi-final later today against Burkina Faso. However, observers online and in Accra report that many fans have been complaining that it is too stressful and they cannot watch the matches and […]
Stephen Keshi is Pure Gold
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi's understanding of Nigeria and its football politics may be a template to how think Nigeria out of its political leadership crisis.
Canada and the cover of whiteness
Canadian immigration - while discouraging Roma from applying for refugee status - welcomes the worst of Apartheid South Africa's perpetrators.
Heroes of Afcon 2013: from DR Congo’s “bum shuffling” goalie to Ouwo Moussa Maâzou, the Nigerien striking sensation
The quarter finals are upon us, and this is where things get serious. The group stages were a joyous affair, and introduced all manner of characters (and hairstyles) to a global audience. We asked our team of contributors to choose their heroes of Afcon 2013 so far, the only rule being that they couldn’t pick […]
To sanitize and trivialize a decade of mayhem
Another book argues Zimbabwe land reform is a success. But does it deal adequately with the processes by which that “success” was achieved.
The bigger question is not why France decided to intervene in Mali, but why America has held off
Stephen W Smith in The London Review of Books:
The Golden Generation of Les Éléphants
Watching the Africans Cup of Nations at an Ivorian restaurant in Harlem, New York.
The trouble with Angola
Angola is the Big Brother of Africa’s Lusophone nations: So, Cape Verde’s defeat of Angola in AFCON 2013 was met with huge appreciation.
Timbuktu: It’s like a library has burned
Salafist fighters burned hundreds of rare manuscripts, some of them unique and centuries old, before leaving Timbuktu to French paratroopers.
Where was the South African media at Marikana?
British TV news airs footage refuting South African police claims about murdered Marikana miners.
When the Blue Sharks swam into Mandela Bay
What we learned from Day 8 of the 2013 African Cup of Nations.
Saving and scoring penalties every day
What we learned from day seven of the 2013 African Cup of Nations.
The Johannesburg Cup of Nations
The spirit of the African Cup of Nations is infectious in the streets of Johannesburg, especially in the inner city where different African nationalities coexist.
The Story about Africa’s “First Woman Billionaire”
Where does Isabel dos Santos's wealth come from? Her country's resources are basically treated as her family's property.
The Democratic Republic of Congo Effect
What we learned from Day Six of the 2013 African Nations Cup held in South Africa.
What’s Best for American Policy in Africa
Would former US Assistant Secretary for Africa, Susan Rice, have been a good choice for Barack Obama's Secretary of State?
What we learned from day five of Afcon 2013
South Africa’s form has been dismal for a while now. Pre-Afcon, Elliot Ross concluded here that “they’re rubbish.” Johannesburg-based football writer Njabulo Ngidi basically confirmed as much in a preview for us of Bafana Bafana’s chances. After the aimless goalless draw against Cape Verde on opening day, that football sage Jonathan Wilson wrote (in Sports Illustrated, […]
The Infiltrators
What will Netanyahu's re-election mean for African immigrants and refugees in Israel?
The elephants seemed somewhat long in the tusk
What we learned from day four of the 2013 African Cup of Nations being held in South Africa.