Busted Rhymes
Gebaste Rhymes sent us a link to his single 'Kaap issie Bom' [translated: Cape is the
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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.
Martin Luther King Jnr.’s Day
Before he died, most Americans had very negative views of Martin Luther King Jnr., or were ignorant about his aims. They still are.
The French advantage
The largest delegation of foreign coaches at Afcon is French and 8 squads draw more players from the French leagues, than elsewhere.
The West is no longer the motor of history
The possibility of a new politics emerging from the new left social movements to reconfigure the nation state.
Nas’s Angola Blues
Nas gets caught up in a musical scandal in Angola. Not how he wanted to make a connection to the continent.
Trevor Noah’s “whole African American thing”
Throwback: What happened when Trevor Noah made his debut on American network TV.
‘Fictional’ Cape Town
How Cape Town is used by advertising firms as a cheaper, stand-in location for Euro-American locations.
The Mbalax President
The legendary Senegalese singer is running for president. Not everyone takes him seriously.
#OccupyNigeria
Most Nigerians don’t trust their government and overpaid public representatives with taxpayers’ money. So, they rose up.
Africa’s oldest liberation movement is 100 years old
Does South Africa’s ruling ANC still fight for the same values it championed 100 years ago?
The Hall of Shame
We couldn’t resist including a post with some of the lowlights of 2011.
10 African Albums of the Year, 2011
If people still bought full albums, we would suggest them buying these 10 from 2011 for their friends. Like we will.
Nigeria's Prophet
By now you've probably watched the (British) Channel 4 TV documentary film about Nigeria's millionaire preachers--the
Dosunmu's 'Restless City,' the best African film of 2011?
I finally got to see director Andrew Dosunmu's debut feature film, "Restless City," this summer (at the
The ‘safest option’ in Congo
For all the huffing and puffing in the West about the DRC's cooked elections -- President
Shameless Self Promotion
It's that time of year again. The students in my required Media and Culture course at