• Baaba Maal

On the eve of Baaba Maal's first New York City concert in 8 years, Oumar Ba interviews him, asking about protest movements, the music business and Senegal.

• Gillian Mathys
• Margot Luyckfasseel
• Sarah Van Beurden
• Tracy Tansia

An overview of some of the problems and opportunities that the reopening of Belgium's infamous AfricaMuseum brings.

• Sa’eed Husaini

While Nigeria's class divide is not between rich whites and poor blacks, it still has a lot in common with postapartheid South Africa.

• Sean Jacobs

A good time to bring back this piece—first written in 2002—on the power of song to fuel political struggle.

• Sindi-Leigh McBride

Poor reading scores among South African children highlights the need for decolonization in book publishing, teaching and policy implementation.

• Paul Vig

Media coverage of rhino poaching in Southern Africa not only fails to address white control over conservation, but also reinforces it.

• Vivian Chenxue Lu

The erratic electricity supply in Nigeria is a metaphor for life there.

• Annette Joseph-Gabriel

There is a long history of white artists representing black people in France, reproducing stereotypes and failing to capture the people they claim to represent.

• Maja van der Velden

Two sides of the same e-waste documentary.

• Zayaan Jappie

Rapper YoungstaCPT's headspace is shaped by Cape Town’s history.

• Zachary Rosen

The photo series Another Way Home captures how migration effects families, communities and individuals—those who travel and those who stay behind.

• Ashwin Desai

If in India there has been an investment in myth of Mohandas Gandhi as a non-racial icon, in South Africa Gandhi also has his defenders.

• Kangsen Feka Wakai

Rapper Jovi has inducted himself into a club of Cameroonian artists who have embraced their own truths in the face of adversity.

• Hannah Borenstein

The international body governing track and field announced that the longest distance race to be held will be the 3000 meters. We know who will benefit least from this change.

• William Shoki

The emphasis on identity and difference act to temper the radical potential of South Africa's youth. They need an education on class politics.

• Panashe Chigumadzi

On writers, empathy and (black) solidarity politics.

• R. Joseph Parrott

The films of Robert Van Lierop and Margaret Dickson chronicled anti-imperial struggles in Mozambique.

• Max Nelson

The late Senegalese director Djibril Diop Mambety once said his films are not based on premeditation or planning.

• Ọláolúwa Òní

Everyday Lagos and Lagosians fill the pages of Leye Adenle's thrillers, but fail to fill some holes in the plots.

• Deon-Simphiwe Rakaku

The new comedy 'Matwetwe' hits all the right chords to tell a story about the current place and time of South African youth.