New York African Film Festival 2013
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the New York African Film Festival. The Festival--from April
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Sean Henry Jacobs
Sean Henry Jacobs is publisher of Africa is a Country and on the tenured faculty of The New School. He edits the substack, Eleven Named People.
Why is there a news media blackout about political repression in Djibouti?
Guest Post by Abdourahman Waberi, Ali Deberkale and Dimitri Verdonck On the eve of the legislative election
Africa is a Country TV is back: We interview Kenyan supergroup Just a Band
Apart from seeing our logo superimposed on a building in downtown Johannesburg, this is a good
The Music of Bell Atlas
One of my current favorite bands--haven't seen them play live yet; they're out West--is Bell Atlas.
Shameful Self-promotion: Sean wrote an online essay for the SSRC on ‘New media in Africa and the Global Public Sphere’
The main takeaway from #Kony2012 is that it will probably retain some salience—despite the widespread criticism
In Memory of Anene Booysen
Guest Post by Melinda Fantou The road that leads to Bredasdorp, a small town about 180
When Bob Marley went to Africa
Bob Marley, like many other Rastas, also shared a desire to visit the African continent or, if possible, to live there.
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.
Yes, we’re discussing Danny Brown’s ‘Black Brad Pitt’ music video
So Detroit rapper, Danny Brown (remember his breakout mixtape "XXX," his video for "Grown Up" and a
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
African Lookbook
This website thinks it can combine ideas about Africa with shopping. Sean Jacobs interviewed one of the founders of African Lookbook, Aaron Kohn.
Futbol Is a Country
We want to present a more global, postcolonial (for want for a better word) take on world football.
On Safari
We are taking a collective break from blogging until Thursday, January 10th to give us a
My Subjective List of The Best Albums of 2012
In any case, here’s 10 albums I liked this year; in no particular order. It includes Alabama Shakes, Isaac Mutant, Kendrick Lamar and Bruce Springsteen.
When Nelson Mandela goes
Yesterday we tweeted my friend Herman Wasserman's guide to the media on how to cover Nelson
#GhanaDecides Playlist
Results of today's parliamentary and presidential elections in Ghana are expected at the earliest by Sunday.