Blackwater’s “Rwanda”
The fantasies of Blackwater, the Michigan firm of mercenaries and as contractor to imperial powers. Also, how it employs Africa as a rhetorical device to get more business.
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Megan Eardley
Megan Eardley is a Ph.D. candidate in the Princeton School of Architecture.
Art and assassination in Angola
A locally produced arts festival creates panic for Angola’s authoritarian government, who has, predictably, responded with panic and repression.
Exploring rootlessness and confusion
The director, Frances Bodomo, originally from Ghana, talks about her film “Boneshaker” and African globalization.
Jeffrey Gettleman’s Continent
The New York Times East Africa correspondent can be summarized in three self evident points.
The business of selling beer
SABMiller’s new Impala Beer is marketed to poor people who don’t buy other commercially distributed beers because they are too expensive.
Translating Angola
Why are certain kinds of war stories embraced by critics and go on to find an international audience, while other finely written stories do not?