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France’s president can’t stop talking, but his condescending remarks on Africa are only accelerating the collapse of French influence on the continent. africasacountry.com/2025/02/macr...

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AFCON doesn’t need European validation to be major—it already is. But the real danger lies in how dismissive narratives shape the value of African football and its players. @mahermezahi.bsky.social responds to the row over comments by @23carra.bsky.social africasacountry.com/2025/02/is-a...

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In times of geopolitical whirlwinds, William Shoki and @africasacountry.bsky.social light up the media space with deep analysis. Allow me to share a few snippets of Shoki’s recent Weekend Special

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Amid global political turmoil and restrictive visa policies, artists are redefining resistance—on the dance floor and beyond. An interview with Coco Em: africasacountry.com/2025/02/beat...

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Touted as a path to empowerment, Africa’s gig economy is a digital twist on old patterns of labor exploitation—but workers are fighting back. africasacountry.com/2025/02/the-...

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Asylum seekers from Africa are caught in a growing crisis at the US-Mexico border, as Trump's policies leave them in legal limbo and unsafe conditions. africasacountry.com/2025/02/caug...

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Good piece on the real issues behind all the poliltical theatre

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Mahamat Déby’s rule in Chad follows a familiar script of military power, political repression, and shifting alliances in an increasingly unstable Sahel. africasacountry.com/2025/02/chad...

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"In order to retain the fruits of colonial plunder, defend the tyranny of private property, protect the power of our capitalist overlords, & undermine the possibility of reform or revolt, the white right-wing must invent myths that fuel fear, nourish resentment, deepen divisions, & incite conflict."

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Musk’s outrage over land reform in South Africa isn’t about fairness—it’s about fueling right-wing paranoia and preserving economic privilege. africasacountry.com/2025/02/elon...

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Dans @africasacountry.bsky.social, sur la ↗️ de la haine anti-LGBTQ, et l'importance de la solidarité entre toutes les luttes, au-delà des identités compartimentées : "This is the deeper crisis we are facing—not just the return of reactionary politics, but the narrowing of our moral imagination.

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The US president’s executive order on South Africa isn’t about fairness—it’s a cynical ploy to stoke racial paranoia and shore up his right-wing base, says @hwasser.bsky.social africasacountry.com/2025/02/trum...

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"Trump’s executive order, Elon Musk’s championing of white nationalism, the jubilee of the global right wing & the hysterical domestic debates unfolding in South Africa around land reform all point to the potent power & insidious function of race as an ideological construction under capitalism."

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Namibia’s founding president led the fight for independence with unwavering resolve, but his legacy is complicated by economic compromises and political dominance. africasacountry.com/2025/02/sam-...

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🔔New episode🔔 - Reflections on interviewing Ismael Bennacer & Amine Gouiri at Olympique de Marseille - Thoughts on four African internationals racially abused in European leagues youtu.be/zPLw4LV7Kfo

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We have a right to express care for our fellow-human beings period. Anger is legitimate, but it's neither the sole nor the most important expression of care. I've never liked the reductive focus on anger, as if it's the most authentic expression of political commitment.

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As economic crises deepen, right-wing fearmongering and racial scapegoating thrive—masking the real struggle for economic justice. africasacountry.com/2025/02/race...

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Musk’s embrace of far-right politics and Zionism reveals the fractures in Western liberal democracy, where whiteness trumps equality and justice. Links b/w Zionism, Nazism and whiteness. Essay in @africasacountry.bsky.social by @sef53.bsky.social is brilliant! africasacountry.com/2025/02/elon...

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As students face repression for protesting genocide, universities must decide: will they defend freedom or enforce silence? africasacountry.com/2025/02/we-h...

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The conflict over Western Sahara is just one layer of the deep-rooted geopolitical battle for regional leadership between Morocco and Algeria. africasacountry.com/2025/02/nort...

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The humanitarian industrial complex should be dismantled—but not by a billionaire-backed administration with no plan beyond abandonment. africasacountry.com/2025/02/the-...

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Foreign aid has never been just about assistance—it enforces political, economic, and social control, keeping recipient countries in a cycle of dependency. africasacountry.com/2025/02/aid-...

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Gianni Infantino isn’t just another corrupt FIFA president—his greed, self-importance, and political alliances are actively ruining football. africasacountry.com/2025/02/the-...

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"you and I were caught up in a storm that overtook both of us" Maher Mezahi ( @africasacountry.bsky.social ) on #Algeria-#France relations, the rifts of #colonial violence, silences that drive them further apart, & the mismatched narrations of a shared #history africasacountry.com/2025/02/alge...

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Now that the winter transfer window has closed all across the African continent, we recapped some of its biggest moves and examined which clubs best re-tooled for the CAF Interclub competition knockout stages www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdZc...

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France and Algeria remain locked in a cycle of reconciliation and rupture as the wounds of colonization continue to shape their uneasy relationship. @mahermezahi.bsky.social explains recent happenings. africasacountry.com/2025/02/alge...

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“In the Africa Archive, we found a colonial regime that was entrenched in the idea of material progress and bodily discipline but, under the guise of bureaucratic reason and civilization, exhibited the characteristics of a ‘jittery, nervous state.’”

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The UK Tory leader distances herself from Nigeria, embracing colonial narratives while rejecting solidarity with a nation grappling with neocolonial realities. africasacountry.com/2025/02/kemi...

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@charlottemertens.bsky.social and I just published an essay with Africa is a Country that summarizes our article published with @risjnl.bsky.social a few months back. It looks at the Belgian Congo's archives to make sense of the political and structural violence still found in contemporary #DRC.

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Colonial archives hold the violence of the past, but they also carry the potential for anti-colonial futures—if radically reimagined for justice and accessibility. africasacountry.com/2025/02/for-...

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Just learned this from @africasacountry.bsky.social email... the computer shorts interns mixed up the Gazas.

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'Still, today, people show up on the streets to protest and demand a better way of being. Why? Because of hope, hope that somehow, someway, the world around us can become that which we hold in our heart of hearts—full of joy, peace, and serenity.'

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Also @africasacountry.bsky.social and especially this relatively recent post:

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Musk’s embrace of far-right politics and Zionism reveals the fractures in Western liberal democracy, where whiteness trumps equality and justice. africasacountry.com/2025/02/elon...

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Amid a flood of Western fast fashion waste, Dakar's designers upcycle discarded clothes into bold, sustainable styles. africasacountry.com/2025/01/daka...

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a coworker came back from a visit home to Kenya with stories of democratic resistance that never reach the news feed here. dark times in the US, we have a lot to learn from how people in other places - Kenya, S Korea - sustain the fight for freedom and fairness in their political systems.

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Amid a flood of Western fast fashion waste, Dakar's designers upcycle discarded clothes into bold, sustainable styles. africasacountry.com/2025/01/daka...

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Qué buena lectura. A mí "Dahomey" me encantó, no sólo porque habla de identidad y restitución en Benín, sino también por el debate que muestra de los estudiantes universitarios y todas las cosas que ellos dicen. Gracias @africasacountry.bsky.social. 🫶🏾

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Through political turmoil and broken promises, Kenyans hold fast to hope—an enduring force that fuels resilience and dreams of a brighter future. africasacountry.com/2025/01/the-...

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Mati Diop's cinema taps into surrealist and liberatory currents that have long flowed under the Atlantic ocean. africasacountry.com/2025/01/mati...

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In ‘Dahomey,’ Mati Diop reimagines restitution, using surrealist cinema to revive looted African artifacts and amplify youth-led calls for decolonization. africasacountry.com/2025/01/mati...

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The former president’s abiding presence in South African politics reveals the undercurrent of cultural populism and what can happen when local beliefs cut against the grain of liberal democracy. africasacountry.com/2025/01/jaco...

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Detained for over six months, Malian singer Rokia Traoré has been locked in a legal battle with her ex-spouse over custody of their daughter since 2019. Between allegations of abuse and arrest warrants, the case appears to be nearing its conclusion. africasacountry.com/2025/01/the-...

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Há 190 anos, a Revolta dos Malês na Bahia, liderada por escravizados africanos muçulmanos, abalou as bases do Brasil e ecoou temores globais de um possível novo Haiti. africasacountry.com/2025/01/reme...

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Forty years ago, African filmmakers and revolutionaries united to reclaim cinema as a weapon for liberation and cultural sovereignty across the continent. africasacountry.com/2025/01/you-...

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A fantastic film

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An interesting perspective to understand the ideological failure of Biden, of the deposed West African electeds and the juntas that replaced them, from @africasacountry.bsky.social's archives. pca.st/episode/d48b...

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