Africa, in a state of constant self-discovery
Afripedia is a visual guide to contemporary urban culture on the continent.
Afripedia is a visual guide to contemporary urban culture on the continent.
This is now our eleventh piece on Nicholas Kristof. This needs to end. He has to stop somehow.
Should the tipping point against the MPLA - in power since independence - arrive in Angola, there are some activists ready to hit the ground, running.
Lara Pawson's book about the complex and violent events on and after the 27th of May, 1977: the date of a supposed coup d’etat in Luanda, Angola.
Hipster's Don't Dance's 'Top 5 World Carnival Tunes' for September 2014.
How do you tell a story about African liberation through the lens of an outsider? Concerning Violence:
Angolans protest as the state threatens to tear down an historic building.
António Oliveira Salazar founded Portugal’s New State dictatorship in 1933. Some Portuguese still remember him fondly.
How Nito Alves has become the symbol of a slowly emerging movement that has shaken the Angolan government’s narrative of post-conflict stability.
Angola spends millions of dollars to host the World Championships in roller hockey (yes). Anyone who think it is a waste of money gets beaten up.
A conversation with the curators of the Angolan Pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale.
When Forbes, who used to celebrate the Dos Santos family, starts asking questions about the wealth of Angola's rulers.
It is hard to find critics asking what Angolan artist Edson Chagas’s work does, the context through which it was produced, or the social conditions it draws attention to.
In a rapidly changing city like Luanda, it is important to be able to catalogue all of its eating establishment, or at least those that our wallets and stomachs allow.
Why the ruling MPLA wants to control how we remember the murder of dissidents killed right after independence.
Claudio Silva emailed fellow Angolan, photographer Rui Sérgio Afonso, to tell us about his favorite images.
Angola is a country that has been ruled by the same party, the MPLA, since independence
Claudio Silva asked young Angolan photographer Indira Mateta to write down her thoughts about her favorite photographs and email it to him.
We ought to ask questions about Angola’s Sovereign Wealth Fund. But also about the history of Chevron, Exxon, and Conoco in the country.
it’s underwhelming that despite its rich musical tradition, Angolan music is mostly known for a genre that roughly translates to "hard ass."