Motshumi’s Country
For more than three decades, Mogorosi Motshumi has drawn comics, cartoons and illustrations for an array of South African newspaper and legendary literary magazines; survived solitary confinement under the apartheid regime; pushed against prejudiced editors; and lived through the transition from pre- to post-apartheid cartooning. He continues to create works that are playful, powerful and […]
Obi’s Nightmare
by Jamón y Queso translated by David Shook This comic also appears in the Chronic (July 2014). The edition gives focus to graphic stories and blends illustrations, photography, written analysis, infographics, interviews, letters and more to speak of everyday complexities in the Africa in which we live. Contributors include Binyawanga Wainaina, Native […]
A Brief History of Throwing Shit
by Rustum Kozain. Shit, muck, drek, kak. Faecal matter. We humans have a complicated relationship with our shit, one that dates back to long before Freud. Consider Francois Rabelais’s Gargantua and Pantagruel. The birth of Gargantua is confused with his mother’s bowel movement after she has gorged herself on tripe: birth and decay, life and shit. […]
Ready, Willing & Able
Lolade Adewuyi profiles one of the continent’s most successful football coaches – the Big Boss, as he is widely referred to – and considers the arguments for more faith, more respect and more investment in the abilities of home-grown trainers. “I would like to dedicate the [Afcon] trophy to all African coaches. We’re not yet there, this […]
Onitsha Republic
[hr] Uzor Maxim Uzoatu visits the sprawling city of his childhood in the former secessionist Biafra, home to the largest market in West Africa for everything from fake guns and drugs to the literature of self-help and love, cash-awash banks, not to mention the most famous address in Nollywood. [hr] Fact and fiction are Siamese […]