• Steffan Horowitz

A rare and informative glimpse into a situation and part of the world that normally only receives minimal, lazy, and inaccurate coverage.

• Zachary Rosen

The complexity surrounding the social and economic drivers of piracy off the Horn of Africa was lost in the media-friendly version of the story.

• Samar Al-Bulushi

The reactions to the Westgate Mall attacks in Nairobi makes clear the differentiation between human lives that are worthy of grief, and those that are not.

• Boima Tucker

Malitia Malimob, rap music and the less glamorous stories of African migration to the United States.

• Johan Palme

Barely any group has been as de-humanized as much in recent history as Somali pirates, treated almost like vermin to be rooted out.

• Steffan Horowitz

Foodyism and obscure ‘ethnic’ food are trendy these days. So, it is odd that South Africa hasn’t received more attention.

• Dan Moshenberg

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Boima Tucker

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Abdourahman Waberi

A mild mannered historian and anthropologist takes over as President of an autonomous Somali republic.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Alex Thurston

The US, which has misread the political situation in Somalia before, is again pursuing short-term military gains there at the risk of long-term blowback.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

How a political song about the aftermath of the Cold War, refugees and statelessness was defanged, first for FIFA and then for Coca Cola.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

Here's some things I did not have the time to blog about properly or link to this past week. It's Weekend Special.