By Kirby Mania The timing of the publication of Confession of the […]
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Corpse Exhibition
In Hassan Blassim’s short story, The Corpse Exhibition, terrorism is no longer reliant on […]
Why Ethiopia won the World Cup in 2034
Deji Bryce Olukotun recalls the arc of history-in-the-making that results in a […]
The Making of Mannenberg
By John Edwin Mason On a winter’s day in 1974, a group […]
The Way I See It: We Need New Myths
By Shabaka Hutchings Probing the musical narratives of jazz and hip-hop, saxophonist […]
A Long History of Prince’s Hairstyles
By Gary Card This Illustration features in the July 2014 […]
Thinking of Brenda
By Njabulo Ndebele I first heard Brenda Fassie sing on a languid, […]
Reform and Revolution: The Destruction of the University
In the fall of 2015, universities across South Africa were engulfed by […]
The Papers
In a place — geographically, mentally, physically — where everything is guided […]
State vs State: The Powers Behind the MTN Nigeria Fine
When the Nigerian Communications Commission issued MTN, the South Africa-based multinational mobile […]
Curry Chronicles- Dal or Dhal, not Dull
There are many shades of dhal and numerous ways to hull and […]
Preliminary Notes for a Mediterranean Manifesto
By Rasheed Araeen Once the Mediterranean becomes a great centre of communication, of […]
Ayinde Barrister: Tribute to a True Exponent
By Akin Adekosan The setting was a night party somewhere in Old […]
It Can Only Go Up From Here
By Nisreen Kaj For a long time, I was sure Lebanon was […]
Jeune Afrique Map
Co-founded in 1960 by Bechir Ben Yahmed, the weekly magazine Jeune Afrique […]
On the Meaning of the Timbuktu Manuscripts
By Shamil Jeppe Timbuktu is symbolic. I mean it’s a place, but […]
El-Salahi – The Wise Enemy
By Hassan Musa I want to introduce Ibrahim El-Salahi here as “our […]
Trajectories of the Sudanese Gulf
By Michael Vasquez Hiwar The journal that the Congress for Cultural Freedom […]
Nasser and the African Revolution
Politically and socially Egypt is said to occupy three spaces as mentioned […]
Entretien Bouchra Khalili
An interview with Bouchra Khalili by Cedric Vincent Bouchra Khalili (née à Casablanca […]
1966
By Michael Vasquez After World War II, the idea was that there […]
Writing the City in a Different Script
The Arabic-Afrikaans Tradition of the Cape By Saarah Jappie A hundred years […]
City Building in Post-Conflict, Post-Socialist Luanda
Burying the Past with Phantasmagorias of the Future By Anne Pitcher […]
Under Nelson Mandela Boulevard
A Story About Cape Town’s Tanzanian Stowaways By Sean Christie Images by David […]
“We need more contact zones to create a space for critical discussion, and to propagate and exchange a continuous cultural benefit.”
A conversation between Professor Muyiwa Falaiye and Mudi Yahaya Muyiwa Falaiye: I […]
Visions for the National Tear-ter of Nigeria
Four Conversations and Seven Performative Pamphlets Seven Performative Pamphlets: Ayodele Arigbabu, Hunter […]
This Sea Shall Be Uprooted
By Jumoke Verissimo Images by Adolphus Opara On the silk expanse […]
Urban Sahara from the Sky
How Capitalism Fixes the Dunes. by Marion Broquère, Armelle Choplin, Simon Nancy Images […]
Calling Mrs Museveni
A Letter from Kampala By Kalundi Serumaga ‘I want to talk to […]
How the Attacks were Planned
by Maris Gabriela Carrinho Aragao This map features in the Burnin’ and A-Lootin’ section […]
Pan Africanism in Katanga
In the margins of a specific history, in which land and inhabitants […]
PASS presents Floating Points in Cape Town
The Pan African Space Station presents Floating Points (featuring Globalise Yourself Stereo) […]