West African men on being stoic and trying to gauge who they can express themselves to when things get thick
Politics and Society The all but forgotten contribution of African soldiers to the Allied victory in World War II
The important historical omission you need to know
Arts, Culture and Sport Writing Invisibility: Conversations on the Hidden City – Why sex workers should be recognised as feminists, and other thought-provoking essays
A TIA must-read
Lifestyle Why more people need to get divorced
Isn’t it incredibly odd that our societies do everything possible to get us married, yet make it really difficult to get divorced?
African identities Art Criticism: is the prefix ‘Afro-’ (as in “Afro-futurism”) arresting our imagination and manifesto salesmanship?
A prefix modifies a word/statement. The prefix ‘Afro-’ as used in art criticism modifies existing manifestos. But it has the capacity to arrest African imagination, so that the African imagination follows other manifestos, only to attach itself to them and never coming up with an original of its own. Filmmaker and Philosophy student Phetogo Tshepo Mahasha speaks
Politics and Society Border blues: Why must Africans jump through hoops for a visa?
As life’s delights go, visa-related red tape is right up there with root canals and Rick Ross. But it’s an integral part of life for holders of African passports. We are all-too-familiar with the tediousness of ticking one’s way through a relentless list of visa requirements ranging from your great-grandmother’s fingerprints to a sample of unicorn blood
Arts, Culture and Sport The quiet rise of heavy metal in South Africa
Away from the eyes of the world, the sub-culture of heavy metal has been healthily bubbling under in South Africa, the result of a generation of musicians and fans growing comfortably with the country’s post-apartheid identity. South Africans have been enjoying rock and metal music for years, yet with a tincture of coverage outside the continent
Arts, Culture and Sport Mental freedom and the omission of African achievement from history
We hang our hopes on economic development playing a large role in allowing us to reclaim our history from the West, but which comes first, understanding of our own history or economic development? Is real economic development even feasible without a grasp of history?
African identities Homosexuality and African history: the roots of the criminalisation of homosexuality
Media reports on how brutal it is to be a gay person in an African country, while much needed, ought to be more balanced. We should not ignore the fact that the legal status of gay people in most African countries is horrendous, we should also keep in mind that different spectrums of the LGBTQ community continue to thrive in even the most staunchly anti-gay countries in Africa