Allez Les Grenadières
When Haiti’s national women’s team take to the field for ninety minutes, they allow the Haitian people to dream.
Culture
From Salt River to the sea
When the the Palestinian Men’s National Team played an exhibition match in Cape Town, South Africa, it might as well have been a home game.
Filling in the gaps in the study of African sports
To celebrate 20 years of research on sports in Africa, the SportsAfrica network will publish a series of monthly articles on Africa Is a Country drawing on their members’ research.
Preenchendo as lacunas no estudo do esporte africano
Para celebrar 20 anos de pesquisa sobre esportes na África, a rede SportsAfrica irá publicar uma série de artigos mensais no Africa Is a Country, baseando-se nas pesquisas de seus membros.
La CAN et la politique des affects
La CAN de cette année en Côte d'Ivoire a montré que ce n'est pas seulement la politique du football qui compte, mais aussi la politique de l'ambiance.
And do not hinder them
We hardly think of children as agents of change. At the height of 1980s apartheid repression in South Africa, a group of activists did and gave them the tool of print.
Quando eu digo África
Por que as histórias sobre o sofrimento africano são tão persistentes?
When I say Africa
Why are stories about African suffering so persistent?
The new antisemitism?
Stripped of its veneer of nuance, Noah Feldman’s essay in 'Time' is another attempt to silence opponents of the Israeli state by smearing them as anti-Jewish racists.
The affective politics of AFCON
This year’s AFCON in Côte d'Ivoire showed that it’s not just the politics of the football that matters, but the politics of the vibe as well.
Being young and African in elite America
A new film follows the lives of four African students at MIT, where youthful idealism gets tested by the realities of American racism and inequality.
La femme fatale africaine
Africa Is a Country is partnering with AfroWave Echoes to present their quarterly playlist of African music.
Unearthing indigenous knowledge
If savanna West Africa is a new corporate mining frontier in the 21st century, it's because it is also home to the world’s longest-standing indigenous gold mining economy.
The league of nations
If South Africa’s Premier Soccer league matters, it is because it’s the country’s most successful pan-Africanist project.
Nigeria’s elephants in the room
For Nigeria to return to the peak of African football, it needs deeper introspection about how the country functions today.
Yvonne Vera’s gardens
Tadiwa Madenga’s latest book offers us a biographical portrait of Zimbabwean author Yvonne Vera written through her love of plants, gardens and nature.
A forgotten relic
Just two weeks on from Les Elephants greatest ever triumph, the Ivorian women’s national team is at its lowest point.
The DRC’s never-ending wars
A new book argues for the centrality of Congolese elites and regional powers in perpetuating domestic conflict, but it too easily lets the West off the hook.
It’s not over
Burna Boy’s ‘Monsters You Made’ takes the debate about the need for material decolonization outside the ivory tower and into the public sphere.
Keeping our eyes open
BBC’s new documentary about T.B. Joshua’s human rights abuses has stirred debate about the British broadcaster’s intentions.