Africa Is a Country

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    Apr 16

    Hope and optimism howled at full volume: A people’s history of Zimbabwe’s first mbira punk band, , who wanted a soundtrack for the country’s post-post colonial blues. By .

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    17 hours ago

    How should African Christians seek to belong in the West where they often suffer discrimination? I wrote some words on this over

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    Apr 22

    In 1994, Abdullah Ibrahim performed "The 300 Years Suite," a celebration of Sheikh Yusuf, with the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra. Exiled to the Cape from Indonesia by the Dutch colonists, he played central role in the establishment of Islam. First time I have hear of this

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    19 hours ago

    For years, capitalists and their journalistic mouthpieces blamed joblessness on a "skills gap." But there wasn’t a skills gap. There was a gap between what society owes people and what it’s willing to offer them at the expense of corporate profits.

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    Apr 22

    Our latest: For France’s Muslims, a Choice Between Lesser Evils in Presidential Vote In Sunday’s decisive runoff election, they have a distasteful choice between Macron and Le Pen. They won’t necessarily back Macron. ⁦⁩

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  6. Apr 22

    Why are Kenya's ruling family trying to reinvent themselves as friends of Mau Mau so many years later?

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    Apr 22

    My review, for , of Marcel Paret's excellent new book on democracy in South Africa.

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    Apr 22

    "The book makes a convincing case that the ANC’s relationship with grassroots mobilizations is a major problem for the health of South Africa’s democracy." great review by for

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    17 Feb 2021

    I spoke with filmmaker Dieudo Hamadi and wrote about his new documentary 'Downstream to Kinshasa' following survivors of the Six-Day War in Kisangani for

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  10. Apr 22

    Friday Forwards: "White Chalk," the latest book from Terry-Ann Adam, "... a collection of short stories set in Eldorado Park." Published by .

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  11. Apr 22

    We imagine he is an Africa Is a Country subscriber. It makes him forget he is at PSG.

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    Apr 21

    My review, for , of Marcel Paret's excellent new book on democracy in South Africa.

    Marcel Paret’s book, "Fragmented Militancy: Precarious Resistance in South Africa after Racial Inclusion," reviews politics in South African urban informal settlements.
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  13. Apr 22

    Editor share his experience about managing and sustaining growth, creative ways to look for funding, resource allocation, handling partnerships, and more. With .

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    Apr 21

    Random: Reading 's Ph.D. thesis (Harvard, 2019) on race and hip hop in Cape Town. It includes this on the music video for / Dookoom's "Larney Jou Poes" (Afriforum became all fake exercised about it). A powerful moment of filmmaking is described here.

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  15. Apr 21

    What to The Slave is The Arabic Novel? Talk by at 's . April 22 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm. On Zoom.

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    Apr 17
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    this is why we need to respect our elders man, they see far into the future even if at the time you think they chatting rubbish, you have to hear them out. Rick's been spot on about so much, and from way early too. Especially about Bruno too.

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  17. Apr 21

    Marcel Paret’s book, "Fragmented Militancy: Precarious Resistance in South Africa after Racial Inclusion," reviews politics in South African urban informal settlements.

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  18. Apr 21

    Why would African Christians in the West, discriminated against in Europe and the United States, embrace views that marginalize not only others but also themselves?

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    Apr 21
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    Maybe the answer is that the word 'despite' in your tweet should rather read 'because of'

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  20. Apr 21

    Word of the day: If you're African and serious about decolonization, go read Samir Amin. Thank us later.

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    Apr 15

    April 2022: Cape Town, Bo Kaap: 💜💚🤎❤🧡🤎💙🖤💛

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