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Out of Egypt’s Chaos, Musical Rebellion One...

Out of Egypt’s Chaos, Musical Rebellion One washed towels in a barbershop. The other sold fast food. Some nights, they would grab the microphones at outdoor weddings and try out raps they had…

Robert Mugabe: From Liberation Hero to Villain to...

Robert Mugabe: From Liberation Hero to Villain to Redeemed Father of a Nation? In 2010, Prof Ian Scoones of Sussex University published a study that claimed the seizure of white-owned farms, which…
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Bi Kidude, Songstress Who Breathed Life Into...

Bi Kidude, Songstress Who Breathed Life Into Taarab Yes, Fatuma Binti Baraka was that tiny, and that kidude description stuck on her until her death last week, only that this time it was not used in…

Final Issue: How Poor Management Destroyed...

Final Issue: How Poor Management Destroyed [Egypt’s] Leading Voice Even though the paper broke even in an impressive 20 months, Kassem says a series of poor decisions failed to capitalize on…

Inside Camp Farah: The Making of Marathon Man Mo ...

Inside Camp Farah: The Making of Marathon Man Mo It has been over 18 months since Farah’s colours were lowered. He won all his races in 2012, and 13 out of 16 in 2011, but until he joined…

Asia in My Life The colonial school system...

Asia in My Life The colonial school system segregated Asian, European and African from each other and it was not until Makerere College that I had social interaction with Indians. Makerere was an…

Gods Fall Down: The Mythical World of Senegalese...

Gods Fall Down: The Mythical World of Senegalese Wrestling The Senegalese know wrestling as laamb, a deceptively simple contest between two men dressed in loincloths and decked in talismans. The…

Madiba, I Let You Go Now it is time for us to...

Madiba, I Let You Go Now it is time for us to show him some of that same mercy. To stop staring and instead honour him quietly in our lives going forward, grant him his peace. Madiba has earned his…
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The Story Behind “Nairobi Nights” When Nairobi...

The Story Behind “Nairobi Nights” When Nairobi Nights appeared in 2011, it was unlike anything else that has appeared in Kenyan media. The blog was a running conversation on selling sex…
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