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The Third Way The experience of the abortive...

The Third Way The experience of the abortive Tsholotsho challenge has shown that Mugabe is not prepared to countenance the renewal of the party and has treated this as a personal threat instead.…

Breaking the Silence A concerned person can’t...

Breaking the Silence A concerned person can’t help but keep track: In the decade from 2001 to 2011 official oppression has forced at least 49 Zimbabwean journalists into exile, the fifth worst…

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…
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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…

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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Generation Kenya As I sit here, in upstate New...

Generation Kenya As I sit here, in upstate New York, and read The New York Times, or watch CNN, Africa feels like one fevered and infectious place. In this diseased world, viruses spread all…

Born Lucky: Tales of a High-Class Hooker Born to...

Born Lucky: Tales of a High-Class Hooker Born to a rich family at the coast, Lynn was educated at a private, “international” school in Mombasa and counted more white friends among her…

Chinua Achebe, African Literary Titan, Dies at 82 ...

Chinua Achebe, African Literary Titan, Dies at 82 Chinua Achebe caught the world’s attention with his first novel, “Things Fall Apart.” Published in 1958, when he was 28, the…

The Ricky Rubio Experience

The 2008 Olympic Gold Medal basketball game, the one that Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski called ‘one of the great games in international basketball history,’ aired late at night in the…
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